Look up: Leather

1. Leather
   Scottish, meaning: To bring considerable force to bear upon an object or person. See also malky, panelling.
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2. leather
   [n] - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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3. Leather
   Preparation of animal skins and hides using vegetable extracts to preserve and alter the structure of the skin. Types and uses: Furs - bedding, floor covering, clothing Raw-hide thonging, armour Sheet - buckets, bags, shoes, clothes.
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4. Leather
   For the avoidance of all ambiguities and doubts, which may and do grow upon the definition and interpretation of this word leather, it is enacted, and declared by these presents, that the hides and skins of ox, steer, bull, cow, calf, deer, red and fallow, goats and sheep being tanned or tawed, and ...
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5. leather
   a general term for hide or skin which still retains its original fibrous structure more or less intact, and which has been treated so as to be imputrescible; the hair or wool may or may not have been removed Category: Various industries and crafts
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6. Leather
   Leath'er (lĕ&thlig;'ẽr) noun [ Middle English lether , Anglo-Saxon leðer ; akin to Dutch leder , leêr , German leder , Old High German ledar , Icelandic leðr , Swedish läder , ...
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7. Leather
   Leath'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leathered ; present participle & verbal noun Leathering .] To beat, as with a thong of leather. [ Obsolete or Colloq.] G. Eliot.
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8. leather
   1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. ... 2. The skin. ... Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leat...
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9. leather
   noun an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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10. leather
    verb beat with a lather strap
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11. Leather
    • (n.) The skin. • (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather. • (n.) 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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12. leather
    animal skins and hides that have been treated to preserve them and make them suitable for use.[13 related articles]
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13. Leather
    Leather is British slang for a wallet.
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14. Leather
    Leather is British slang for a wallet.
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15. Leather
    The hide of a cow or pig that is cut, colored and treated to make it soft and supple. Cowhide is softer than pig. Pig leather often has a slightly ‘pebbly` texture.
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16. leather
    leather, skin or hide of animals, cured by tanning to prevent decay and to impart flexibility and toughness. Prehistoric and primitive peoples preserved pelts with grease and smoke and used them chiefly for shoes, garments, coverings, tents, and containers. Today pelts are prepared for tanning by de...
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17. Leather
    Leather is the skins of animals dressed and prepared for use by tanning, tawing, or other processes, which preserve them from putrefaction and render them pliable and tough. The skins employed are chiefly those of cattle, though the skins of horses, asses, sheep, pigs, and goats are also converted into leather.
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18. leather
    Material prepared from the hides and skins of animals, by tanning with vegetable tannins and chromium salts. Leather is a durable and water-resistant material, and is used for bags, shoes, clothing, and upholstery. There are three main stages in the process of converting animal skin into leather: cleaning, tanning, and dressing. Tanning is ...
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19. Leather
    The flap of the ear; the outer ear supported by cartilage and surrounding tissue.
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20. Leather
    Leather is the skin or hide of any animal, bird, fish or reptile.
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21. Leather
    `Leather` is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry. Forms of leather: Several tanning processes transform hide...
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22. Leather
    (disambiguation) `Leather` is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals. `Leather` or `Leathers` may also refer to: Characters: Music: People: Subculture:
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23. Leather
    (comics) `Leather` is a fictional character from DC Comics. Fictional character biography: `Mary Kay Tanner` was born in Peckinpath, Texas. Her mother often experimented with illegal and untested drugs to get high. As a result, Mary Kay was born with meta-human powers that gave her leatherlik...
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