shamoying

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shamoying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shamoying \Sha*moy"ing\, n. [See Shammy.]
     A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which
     consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to
     supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the
     like) ordinarily used in tanning.
     [1913 Webster]