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ormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears. -- Lyre turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps." A man of mark, a conspicuous or eminent man. -- To make one's mark. (a) To sign, as a letter or other writing, by making a cross or other mark. (b) To m…

armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.

chine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture.

A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.

A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [Western U.S.]

Leatherwood.

A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.

Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins. Simmonds.

isonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia. -- Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. -- Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum). -- Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coa…

er. Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.

of wood used by boys in playing hockey. I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. W. Howitt.

Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.

It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.

The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.

An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.

A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

reading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. -- Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. -- Patent right. (a) The…

To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.