wearing quality

They're worth considering because they are less expensive and have strong; wearing qualities.

Wearing quality materials like cashmere, they must have felt like princesses.

They were mostly sportswear, novelty goods, ladies' fashions, and the like, in which style, rather than wearing qualities, was the determining factor.

But to get back to the blonde girl- That's what I said,' Jedson answered, whole garments, with good wearing qualities too.

As such the apology is modestly disclaiming, yet the overbearing and sometimes wearing quality of Mr. Elkin's narrative pitch is not so easy to disclaim.

Granolithic: Granolithic is composed of cement and fine aggregate mortar, the aggregate being granite chippings, which will give the hard wearing quality of the finish.

Hemp, when treated by a known chemical process, can be spun on cotton, wool, and worsted machinery, and has as much absorbency and wearing quality as linen.

Rochester, NY was a center of manufacturing where the buttons were "subjected to a treatment which is secret among the Rochester manufacturers", presumably improving their "beauty and wearing qualities."

A Mate for Wearing Qualities This type selects his mate as he selects his clothes--for wearing quality.

Replies: Ron, As you may or may not know, plating is the application of a plate or coat of metal to a surface for decoration, reflection of light, protection against corrosion, or increased wearing quality.

Mint officials felt that deletion of the tin content would have no adverse effect on the wearing qualities of the coin, whereas the manufacturing advantages to be gained with the alloy stabilized at 95% copper and 5% zinc would be of much benefit.

Indeed, he was so conscious of every aspect of Olivia that he knew to the last button what she was wearing and that it was well cared-for, out of date and had been chosen with an eye to hard- wearing qualities rather than fashion.