leather

6 definitions found

leather - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leather \Leath"er\ (l[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. lether, AS.
     le[eth]er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar,
     Icel. le[eth]r, Sw. l[aum]der, Dan. l[ae]der.]
     1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the
        hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for
        use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
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     2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
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     Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
           of, relating to, or like, leather.
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     Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of
        leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
  
     Leather carp (Zool.), a variety of carp in which the scales
        are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.
        
  
     Leather jacket. (Zool.)
        (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus).
        (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis).
  
     Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna)
        of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
        sepals of a purplish color.
  
     Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata),
        growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
        coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
  
     Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
        composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff
        tomentose leaves.
  
     Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback.
  
     Vegetable leather.
        (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
        (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
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  Leather \Leath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Leathering.]
     To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G.
     Eliot.
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  leather \leath"er\, a.
     Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather;
     as, a black leather jacket.
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leather - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  leather
      n 1: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the
           hair and then tanning
      v 1: whip with a leather strap

leather - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Leather
  a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist
  (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20;
  Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is
  mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in
  Egypt.

leather - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "leather":
     Leatherette, Leatheroid, Morocco, buff, cartilage, chamois, coat,
     cordovan, cuticle, dermis, dress down, fell, flax, fleece, flesh,
     fur, furring, give a dressing-down, gristle, hide, imitation fur,
     imitation leather, integument, jacket, kid, larrup, lather,
     leather paper, leathern, leathery, lick, mocha, outer layer,
     outer skin, paddle, patent leather, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind,
     sheath, sheepskin, skin, skins, suede, tan, tegument, trim, vair,
     wallop, welt, whale