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Leucous :: Leucous (a.) White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair..

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..

Vellum :: Vellum (n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books..

Fur :: Fur (n.) Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament..

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

Ringworm :: Ringworm (n.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton)..

Fomentation :: Fomentation (n.) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors..

Soord :: Soord (n.) Skin of bacon.

Contusion :: Contusion (n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound..

Skin :: Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal..

Shamoying :: Shamoying (n.) 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..

Kayak :: Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes..

Fishskin :: Fishskin (n.) See Ichthyosis.

Pachydermata :: Pachydermata (n. pl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group..

Risking :: Risking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ris.

Buff :: Buff (a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff..

Apron :: Apron (n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.

Miskin :: Miskin (n.) A little bagpipe.

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) A knife for taking the hair off skins.

Icteritous :: Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.

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