to shave the leather
91skive — /skuyv/, v.t., skived, skiving. 1. to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices. 2. to shave, as hides. 3. to finish the turning of (a metal object) by feeding a tool against it tangentially. [1815 25; perh. < ON skifa slice] * * * ▪ city,… …
92Eva Rothschild — (born 1972) is an artist based in London.Rothschild was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her work references the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Minimalism [ [http://www.cmoa.org/international/the exhibition/artist.asp?rothschild Carnegie… …
93dub — dub1 dubber, n. /dub/, v., dubbed, dubbing v.t. 1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call: He was dubbed a hero. 2. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as,… …
94skive — 1. noun The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem. 2. verb a) To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather). b) To avoid ones assigned work or duty. To slack off …
95skive — vb British to avoid work or duty, malinger. Skive is either from the obscure verb in standard English meaning to shave off (pieces of leather), from the Old Norse skifa, meaning to slice, or from another unre corded dialect term. It has been… …
96skive off — vb British to avoid work or duty, malinger. Skive is either from the obscure verb in standard English meaning to shave off (pieces of leather), from the Old Norse skifa, meaning to slice, or from another unre corded dialect term. It has been… …
97trim — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, abbreviate, ability, abridge, abstain, abstract, adjoin, adjunct, adjustment, adorn, adornment, affix, all ataunto, anal, anchor, annex, apoise, apparel, arrange, arrangement, array, ataunt, athletic …
98greebo — n British a scruffy young rock music enthusiast, typically long haired, unkempt and leather jacketed. The word was coined in 1985 in the Midlands to describe a youth subgroup of gauche but earnest heavy rock devotees. Grebo does not so much… …
99grebo (greebo) — n British a scruffy young rock music enthusiast, typically long haired, unkempt and leather jacketed. The word was coined in 1985 in the Midlands to describe a youth subgroup of gauche but earnest heavy rock devotees. Grebo does not so much… …
100skin — n 1. integument, epidermis, cuticle, scarf skin, Anat. corium, derma, cutis; hide, pelt, jacket, fleece, fell, fur, leather, vellum, shagreen; slough, Pathol. desquamation, exuviae. 2. rind, peel, Bot. epicarp, hull, bark, cortex, shell, husk;… …
