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Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Efflower :: Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather..

Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..

Kid :: Kid (n.) A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc..

Dubber :: Dubber (n.) A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc..

Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

Bandolier :: Bandolier (n.) One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried.

Hogskin :: Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..

Whang :: Whang (n.) A leather thong.

Saddlebags :: Saddlebags (n. pl.) Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side..

Tanyard :: Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.

Giggyng :: Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.

Cheveril :: Cheveril (v. i.) Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.

Mochila :: Mochila (n.) A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.

Leathered :: Leathered (imp. & p. p.) of Leathe.

Daubing :: Daubing (n.) In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing..

Apron :: Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings..

Slicker :: Slicker (n.) A kind of burnisher for leather.

Counter :: Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.

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