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Definition of Ruglike
1. resembling a rug (a thick fabric used as a floor covering) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruglike
Literary usage of Ruglike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alsace in Rust and Gold by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1920)
"... V-shaped glimpse of the valley where the Germans lie intrenched, formed by
close, rich hillsides, on which lie in lovely, ruglike designs the vineyards ..."
2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... and others of ruglike make) are Chenille Axminster, Wilton, Axminster, Moquette,
Velvet, Brussels, Tapestry Brussels, Ingrain (two or three ply), ..."
3. Circular by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (Mayaguez) (1918)
"Manila grass under this management becomes spongy and ruglike. When mowing is
done regularly, the short clippings can be allowed to sift among the blades ..."
4. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Charles Norris Williamson (1916)
"Salt perfume of ocean mingled with spicy fragrance from the sunburnt bayberry
flung in thick ruglike masses upon bare gray rock, and azure vein- ings of the ..."
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