Pellage: alternatives and connections

A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in…

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…

Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leathe…

A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…

Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; fail…

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the…

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lo…

To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.

A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way;…

The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.

A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic…

Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.