Lexic.us

Definition of Animal skin

1. Noun. The outer covering of an animal.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Animal Skin

Literary usage of Animal skin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"PRINCIPLES OF HEAVY-LEATHER TANNING STRUCTURE OF animal skin 23. In structure, all animal skin is made up of several readily defined layers. ..."

2. Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus, Cements, Pastes, and Mucilages by Ferdinand Dawidowsky (1905)
"animal skin. This consists of three layers, namely : 1. ... 1 represents a section of the animal skin. O, is the epidermis, L, the corium, U, the under-skin ..."

3. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"... RESPONSE OF ANIMAL AND VEGETAL SKINS Currents of rest and action—Currents in animal skin—Theories regarding these —Response of vegetal skin—Stimulation ..."

4. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"A piece of drapery, probably a chlamys to judge from its size, is being hung up in the tree. An animal-skin cap, 86, hangs by its peak. ..."

5. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"The moist animal skin undergoes decomposition very rapidly; ... The object of tanning is to bring the animal skin into such a condition that decomposition ..."

6. Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics with Sign List by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1899)
"T ua, au paw of an animal skin of an animal skin of an animal, animal of any kind an arrow transfixing a skin, to hunt bone and flesh, heir, ..."

7. The Buried City of the East, Nineveh: A Narrative of the Discoveries of Mr by James Silk Buckingham (1851)
"Two horsemen, with the pointed casque, are pursuing an individual dressed in an animal's skin, who, struck by a lance, is falling before them; ..."

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