leather : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
  chamois leather; chammy leather; shammy; chammy; chamois.
  

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• noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
  chamois leather; chammy leather; shammy; chammy; chamois.
  

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• noun leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
  crush.
  

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• noun leather suitable for making gloves
  

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• . (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.

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• adverb at breakneck speed
  
  • they were travelling hell-for-leather

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• noun fabric made to look like leather
  leatherette.
  

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• leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove.

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• thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts.

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• an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.

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• noun scaleless domestic carp
  

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• (Zoöl.) , a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.

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• noun stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
  Acrostichum aureum; golden fern.
  
• noun widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
  leatherleaf fern; Rumohra adiantiformis; ten-day fern; Polystichum adiantiformis.
  

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• noun scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
  Clematis viorna; vase-fine; vase vine.
  
• noun woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
  Clematis versicolor.
  

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• (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).

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• (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves.

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• (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.

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• noun a mild soap for cleansing and conditioning leather
  saddle soap.
  

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• noun implement consisting of a strip of leather
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Leatherback.

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• adjective satellite having leathery leaves
  leather-leafed.
  

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• adjective satellite having leathery leaves
  leather-leafed.
  

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• (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture.

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• (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.

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• noun a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side
  

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• noun leather with a hard glossy surface
  

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• a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.

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• noun a separate part consisting of leather
  

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• noun a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil
  

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• a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects.

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• noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
  chamois leather; chammy leather; shammy; chammy; chamois.
  

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• noun leather used to make shoes
  

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• thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.

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• . See Cordwain.

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• . See Spruce, n., 3.

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• the strap which attaches a stirrup to the saddle. See Stirrup, 1.

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• noun leather with a napped surface
  suede.
  

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• the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.

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• . (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge (Euphorbia punicea), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather, under Leather.
• . (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste . (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber.

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• noun piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing
  

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• split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.

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• noun a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt
  whit leather.
  

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• noun a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt
  whit leather.
  

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• buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt.

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