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n.
A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.
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A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
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The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
v. t.
The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
v. t.
To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
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One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
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One who skins.
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Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.
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A place where skins are tawed.
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A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.
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The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
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A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
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The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
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A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
v. i.
To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
v. t.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
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The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
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A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
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A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
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Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
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