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> [“Open ground was very important to the cloth industry: when large bolts of fabric were treated, they needed to be dried on the ‘tenter grounds’ marked on many of the maps of the area. To prevent the dyes settling unevenly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-inglis/open-ground-was-very-important-to-the-cloth-industry-when-large-bolts/)

[Lucy Inglis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-inglis/)

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> [Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/tenterhooks-are-the-upholstery-of-the-anxious-seat/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

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