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shagreen

[ shuh-green ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive.

shagreen

/ ʃæˈɡriːn /

1605–15; < French chagrin, variant of sagrin < Turkish sağrι rump, crupper

C17: from French chagrin, from Turkish çagri rump; also associated through folk etymology with shag ¹, green

Shagreen was formerly very extensively used for covering the cases of watches, spectacles, surgical instruments, &c.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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