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shagreen
An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
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The following day the treasures of the mysterious tower came pouring in: pictures, statues, gems, shells, china, stuffed beasts and birds, tables, vases, petrifactions, arms, mandarins, &c. &c.; and among them the shagreen skin, with the injunction, "Sell it for any thing—nothing—give it away; only, get rid of it."
(entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
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