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Definition of Shagreens
1. shagreen [n] - See also: shagreen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagreens
Literary usage of Shagreens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"... but through the lens faintly shagreens. tne skin and flesh very thin and dry,
bitter without any oily flavour; the stone ovoidal very large. ..."
2. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"The best quality of shagreen is manufactured almost entirely in Astracan and
other parts of Asiatic Russia; gray and colored shagreens are imported from ..."
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