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Definition of Fleshing
1. the distribution of the lean and fat on an animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshing
Literary usage of Fleshing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"fleshing AND CURING PACKER HIDES. Many tanners keep a record of the fleshings
and give the packer whose hides make the best showing the preference when ..."
2. The Leather Manufacture in the United States: A Dissertation on the Methods by Jackson Smith Schultz, Theron Skeel (1876)
"THE BEAM WORK CLOSE fleshing, WITHOUT BREAKING THE GLUE CELLS fleshing LIME SLAUGHTER
... It is estimated that the additional fleshing will cost, in labor, ..."
3. American Agriculturist (1843)
"The principal tools requisite are a fleshing- knife, currier's knife, ...
The fleshing-beam is made by splitting in two a hard-wood stick of about a foot in ..."
4. The Art of Taxidermy by John Rowley (1898)
"fleshing KNIFE. wood scraper. The knife works after the manner of a plane, cutting
off a shaving at each stroke, thicker or thinner according to the depth ..."
5. Leather Manufacture: A Practical Handbook of Tanning, Currying, and Chrome by Alexander Watt (1906)
"Depilation and fleshing Plant.— Machines for Crushing and Grinding Tanning
Materials.—Solo Leather Finishing Machinery ..."
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