unhairingn.
Tanning.
The process of removing the hair from skins. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > cleaning hides > removing hairs
unhairing1842
pilinga1877
beaming1885
slating1885
1842 Penny Mag. 28 May 212/1 The operations of ‘fleshing’, of ‘unhairing’ and of ‘graining’ are..nearly alike in their general appearance.
1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 132/1 A curved two-handled iron scraper, called the unhairing knife.
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 331 The goat-skins..then go on to the unhairing machine..or to the unhairing beams.
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