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Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

Leathery :: Leathery (a.) Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it..

Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat..

Kipskin :: Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide..

Tanyard :: Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.

Bolas :: Bolas (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal..

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..

Flagon :: Flagon (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass..

Split :: Split (n.) Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses..

Token :: Token (n.) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

Sole :: Sole (n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom..

Knapsack :: Knapsack (v. t.) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler..

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

Feel :: Feel (n.) A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel..

Whiplash :: Whiplash (n.) The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted..

Trionyx :: Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle..

Luth :: Luth (n.) The leatherback.

Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f

Leathering :: Leathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leathe.

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