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Definition of Saffians
1. saffian [n] - See also: saffian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saffians
Literary usage of Saffians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"saffians are, according to this classification, the leathers principally used
for bindings and fancy purposes, morocco being more especially devoted to shoe ..."
2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"spheroidal form of the earth, resolved that two extraordinary care, and with
instruments saffians of meridian, the one at the equator and the ..."
3. Russia: Or, Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of that by Robert Pinkerton (1833)
"Very tolerable red, green, and yellow saffian is made in Astrachan, by the
Armenians ; and black saffians in Kazan, by the Tartars. ..."
4. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1836)
"The roughness always observed on the surface of the skins, is given by a heavy
kind of iron rake with blunt points. The yellow saffians are dyed with the ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"saffians are, according to this classification, the leathers principally used
for bindings and fancy purposes, morocco being more especially devoted to shoe ..."
6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"spheroidal form of the earth, resolved that two extraordinary care, and with
instruments saffians of meridian, the one at the equator and the ..."
7. Russia: Or, Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of that by Robert Pinkerton (1833)
"Very tolerable red, green, and yellow saffian is made in Astrachan, by the
Armenians ; and black saffians in Kazan, by the Tartars. ..."
8. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1836)
"The roughness always observed on the surface of the skins, is given by a heavy
kind of iron rake with blunt points. The yellow saffians are dyed with the ..."
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