grassblade

I defy you now, Mistress Jennifer, to prove that your grassblade is greener than mine.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

Michael H: For weed control in the lawns, I use 1. a high setting on the mower blades, never taking off more than 1/3 the grassblade length at one time, 2.a soil knife, 3. a swan neck hoe, and 4. glyphosate in the heat of late summer when the lawn grasses go dormant and the weed leaves are large and most vulnerable.

At the Front Porch Café.... Ann Althouse 2009

Tenoctris said, raising her voice as she struck the pebble with the tip of the grassblade.

Lord of the Isles 1997

She drew a circle in the air around it with the grassblade.

Lord of the Isles 1997

If Garric squinted in just the right way, he saw faint trails of blue hanging in the air after the grassblade flicked through it.

Lord of the Isles 1997

She looked at the grassblade as if puzzled to find it in her hand, then dropped it on top of the chip of marble.

Lord of the Isles 1997

"Miuchthan salaam athiaskirtho," Tenoctris murmured as she tapped the grassblade to the ground, one station as she spoke each separate word.

Lord of the Isles 1997

"Pray let me judge," entreated Martin, and took the grassblade from her fingers.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

She sat with downcast eyes, softly drawing the grassblade through and through her fingers, and the swing swayed a little like a branch moving in an imperceptible wind, and her breast heaved a little as though stirred with inaudible sighs.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

She sat so long like this that Martin knew she had forgotten he was beside her, and he quietly put out his hand to draw the grassblade from hers.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922