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concrete. A piece planed off; a chip, a shaving; (also) chips or shavings collectively.
A trade name for short thin curled shavings of soft wood used for stuffing cushions, mattresses, etc. Also attributive in excelsior-machine…
†(a) cotton; (b) fine shavings of wood, usually pine-wood, used as a surgical dressing and for various other purposes.