shamoyv.
/ˈʃamɔɪ/ transitive. To prepare (leather) by working oil or grease into the skin.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > treat with grease or oil
liquor1502
dub?1611
shamoy1842
stuff1844
wax1885
dubbin1897
fat1903
fat-liquor1903
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 40/2 The process by which it is made is called shamoying or shammying... When whole skins are shamoyed, the grain surface is removed by scraping or rubbing with pumice-stone.
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation at Leather 1195/2 Deer and antelope [skins] are usually shamoyed, or dressed in oil.
Derivatives
shamoyed adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > prepared or finished in specific way
semys1508
well-curried?1562
chamoised1620
fire-cured1844
shamoyed1857
sueded1888
oozed1897
mulled1919
patent1953
roughout1957
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. III. 675 A large portion of shamoyed leather forms what is known as wash-leather.
1882 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 380/2 Shamoyed leather, consisting of skins combined with oils or fatty substances.
shamoying n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > treating with grease or oil
shamoying1837
stuffing1852
fat-liquoring1931
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 67 Any subsequent operation, of tawing, or dyeing, oil-dressing, or shammoying.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. III. 675 Shamoying consists in working into the skin a quantity of oil, which supplies the place of the vegetable astringent..in the processes of tanning and tawing.
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