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silking

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silking
Fine parallel lines in a paint film which follow the direction of flow or drainage of paint from the work.


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The first ears of field corn are silking, and detasseling operations have begun in seed cornfields.
CropPlanner enables users to anticipate and track various events in the development of a crop--such as corn silking or cotton boll opening--as well as certain weather events, including historic late, early and normal freeze dates.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Spiders have been silking it up for more than 350 million years--a skill that was probably instrumental in their diversification, Craig says.
 
 
 
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