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Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..

Oleone :: Oleone (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid..

Trunkback :: Trunkback (n.) The leatherback.

Kevel :: Kevel (n.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Bleating :: Bleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blea.

Aparejo :: Aparejo (n.) A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like..

Heeltap :: Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Lorica :: Lorica (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like..

Heelpiece :: Heelpiece (n.) A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring to light; to make clear.

Buff :: Buff (n.) A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner..

Tanner :: Tanner (n.) One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan..

Enucleation :: Enucleation (n.) The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Butcher''s Broom :: Butcher's broom () A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll..

Roan :: Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding..

Dogskin :: Dogskin (n.) The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively..

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