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The 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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