- the free dictionary.
Shagreen is a type of
rawhide consisting of
rough untanned skin,
historically from a horse's or onager's back, or from
shark or ray...
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rudimentary shoe
originating in
Ireland and
Scotland that was
constructed using untanned hide.
Modern brogues feature decorative perforations.
These are
often said...
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Parchment is a
writing material made from
specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing...
- perfume: in the
Odyssey Menelaus and his men are
disguised as
seals in
untanned seal skins, "and the
deadly smell of the seal
skins vexed us sore; but...
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Untanned hide or
animal skin...
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distinguishes an
upper class (whose
superficial veins appeared blue
through their untanned skin) from a
working class of the time. The
latter consisted mainly of...
- It is
usually made of wood or
metal and
often covered with
shagreen (
untanned tough leather or
shark skin).
Shark skin
proved to be the most durable...
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ruthless wretch; and he was clad in the skin of a
monstrous lion of raw hide,
untanned; and he bare a s****y bow of olive, and a bow,
wherewith he shot and killed...
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Jamieson by a
quote from Sir
Walter Scott, is that it
referred to the
untanned deer
leather buskins worn by Highlanders,
although Jamieson notes that...
- (10Â ft) in
diameter on the ground. They
stretch a
covering of
tanned and
untanned buffalo hides, sewn together, over the frame,
which they then
secure with...
