Shagreen
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A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the
East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to
be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface
is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when
moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between
them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had
been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is
used for covering small cases and boxes.
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