leather
/ˈlɛðɚ/ verb C2- To cover with leather.
- To form a leathery surface (on).
- To strike forcefully. · He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
- To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.
He/she/it leathers · Past leathered · Past participle leathered · -ing form leathering
Verb forms
- Base form
- leather
- He/she/it
- leathers
- Past
- leathered
- Past participle
- leathered
- -ing form
- leathering
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“Oh, very simply; black trousers, patent leather boots, white waistcoat, either a black or blue coat, and a long cravat.
It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps.
She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.
Upon which a Currier stood up and said, “Sirs, I differ from you altogether: there is no material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and nothing so good as leather.”
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