efflower

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efflower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Efflower \Ef*flow"er\, v. t. [Cf. F. effleurer.] (Leather
     Making)
     To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife,
     blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.
     [1913 Webster]