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Leather

The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.

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Alligator 76% connected

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth…

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Buckskin 76% connected

The skin of a buck.

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Buff 76% connected

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 i…

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Calf 76% connected

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and…

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Calfskin 76% connected

The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

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Chamois 76% connected

A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable…

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Cordovan 76% connected

Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

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Cowhide 76% connected

The hide of a cow.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Deerskin 76% connected

The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.

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Doeskin 76% connected

The skin of the doe.

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Fleece 76% connected

The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

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Grain 76% connected

See Groan.

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Horsehide 76% connected

The hide of a horse.

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Mocha 76% connected

A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.

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Morocco 76% connected

A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various col…

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Pigskin 76% connected

The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.

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Roan 76% connected

Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

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Shammy 76% connected

The chamois.

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Sheepskin 76% connected

The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.

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Flog 76% connected

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

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Lash 76% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lather 76% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Slash 76% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Strap 76% connected

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Welt 76% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Leathery 74% connected

Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

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Leathery 74% connected

Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

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