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The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.

Alt. of Shagreened

The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.

Alt. of Shagreened

A species of leather prepared without tanning, from horse, ass, and camel skin, its granular appearance being given by imbedding in it, whilst soft, the seeds of a species of chenopodium, and afterwards shaving down the surface, and then by soaking causing the portions of the skin which had been indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is dyed with the green produced by the action of sal ammoniac on copper filings. It is also made of the skins of the shark, sea-otter, seal, etc. It was formerly much used for watch, spectacle, and instrument cases.

Prepared shark-skin; kind of leather of asses skin, & c.

The rough skin of various fishes; used for polishing; rough grained Oriental leather.

n. [Turkish, Persian] A kind of leather prepared without tanning from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round pimples or granulations.