The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which c…
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Shamoying
A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.
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