EFFLOWER
\ˈɛfla͡ʊə], \ˈɛflaʊə], \ˈɛ_f_l_aʊ_ə]\
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To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, - as in making chamois leather.
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To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, - as in making chamois leather.
By Noah Webster.
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In leather manufacture, see the following extract. "The skins (chamois leather) are first washed, limed, fleeced, and branned. . . . They are next efflowered, that is, deprived of their epidermis by a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, upon the convex horse beam."-Ure.
By Daniel Lyons
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