Skinner: alternatives and connections

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…

A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins;…

a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids.

A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens,…

The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.

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…

The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes…

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it…

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

An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains an…

any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, hor…

A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a dou…

Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.

A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, hor…

A customs duty on skins of leather.