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Shamoying
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shamoying'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/shamoying.html. 1828.