Look up: leather

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   Leather
   Leather is a material prepared from the hides of dead animals.
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   Leather
   Scottish, meaning: To bring considerable force to bear upon an object or person. See also malky, panelling.
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   leather
   [n] - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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   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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   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 every salt hide is, shall be, and ever hath been reputed and taken for leather. Act of Parliament. UK year 1604. (2)
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   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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   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 , Danish læder .] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, co ...
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   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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   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 leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (a) A Cal ...
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    leather
    noun an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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    leather
    verb beat with a lather strap
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    Leather
    `Leather` is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses. Leather is an important material with many uses. Together with wood, leather formed the basis of much ancient technology. The leather industry and the fur industry are distinct industries that are differentiated by t...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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