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shamois

shamois


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shammy  \Sham"my\,  n.  [F.  chamious  a  chamois,  shammy  leather.  See 
  {Chamois}.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  chamois. 
 
  2.  A  soft,  pliant  leather,  prepared  originally  from  the  skin 
  of  the  chamois,  but  now  made  also  from  the  skin  of  the 
  sheep,  goat,  kid,  deer,  and  calf.  See  {Shamoying}. 
  [Written  also  {chamois},  {shamoy},  and  {shamois}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shamois  \Sham"ois\,  Shamoy  \Sham"oy\,  n. 
  See  {Shammy}.