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41washing — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… …
42chamois — noun (plural chamois; also chamoix) Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin camox Date: 1560 1. a small goatlike bovid (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions from southern Europe to the Caucasus 2. ( …
43hide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skin, pelt, coat; leather. See covering. v. cover, secrete, cloak, veil; dissemble, falsify; hole up; disguise, camouflage. See concealment, secret. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Skin of an animal] Syn. pelt …
44Shamoying — Sha*moy ing, n. [See {Shammy}.] A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning. [1913 …
45chamois — [16] The word chamois (the name of a species of Alpine antelope) probably goes back to a language spoken in the Alps before the Romans penetrated northwards. They adopted it as late Latin camox, and in the local Romansch language it is kamuotsch …
46Sämischleder — Sn per. Wortschatz fach. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Sicher ein Fremdwort, doch ist die Herkunft umstritten. Am ehesten aus frz. chamois m. Gemse, Gamsleder, Sämischleder . Ebenso nndl. zeemleder, ne. chamois(leather), shammy, nschw. sämskskinn. ✎… …
47chamois — [16] The word chamois (the name of a species of Alpine antelope) probably goes back to a language spoken in the Alps before the Romans penetrated northwards. They adopted it as late Latin camox, and in the local Romansch language it is kamuotsch …
