japan

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Shame on anyone who shall try to shame them for that and deny them basic rights. tpng813 Just like how japan denies its massive massacres across china.

From Time • Aug. 13, 2013

After the second coat had hardened it was rubbed down with pumice that the surface might be perfectly smooth before the final layer of japan was applied.

From The Story of Leather by Bassett, Sara Ware

She said that "them she bought of tin-peddlers wuzn't worth a cent—the japan all wore off of 'em."

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de

Dissolve asphaltum in naphtha until it is as thin as water and makes a yellowish stain; or to equal parts of asphaltum, varnish, and gold size japan, add enough turpentine to thin to proper consistency.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

He's had it all these seven years, locked up in that black japan cabinet with the gold figures—" "I know.

From The Mandarin's Fan by Hume, Fergus