Leath"er , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leathered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Leathering.]
To beat, as with
a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.]
G. Eliot.
Leath"er (l&ebreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r), n. [OE.
lether, AS. leðer; akin to
D. leder, leêr,
G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan. læder.]
1. The skin of an animal, or
some part of such skin,
tanned, tawed, or otherwise
dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
2.
The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
&fist; Leather is much used adjectively in the sense
of made of, relating to, or like, leather.
Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. -- Leather
carp (Zoöl.) ,
a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. -- Leather jacket.
(Zoöl.) (a) A California carangoid fish
(Oligoplites saurus). (b)
A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). -- Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. -- Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub
(Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. -- Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or
buff tomentose leaves. -- Leather turtle. (Zoöl.)
See Leatherback. -- Vegetable leather.
(a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b)
Linen cloth coated with India rubber. Ure.
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