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Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather..

Dogskin :: Dogskin (n.) The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively..

Morocco :: Morocco (n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors..

Alutaceous :: Alutaceous (a.) Of a pale brown color; leather-yellow.

Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.

Vamp :: Vamp (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up..

Trionyx :: Trionyx (n.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle..

Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..

Whitleather :: Whitleather (n.) The paxwax. See Paxwax.

Skive :: Skive (v. t.) To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

Spruce :: Spruce (a.) Prussia leather; pruce.

Waterproof :: Waterproof (v. t.) To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc..

Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..

Blinder :: Blinder (n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker..

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc..

Boot :: Boot (n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller..

Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

Thong :: Thong (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything..

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