Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhairs
Literary usage of Overhairs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature Study by Grades: A Textbook for Higher Grammar Grades by Horace Hall Cummings (1910)
"Infer a use for the "overhairs." Why do furriers often pluck out the ... How do
the longer, stiffer overhairs aid in keeping the fur open and fluffy? 8. ..."
2. Utilization of the Skins of Aquatic Animals by Charles Hugh Stevenson (1903)
"The overhairs are removed principally by hand, the workman pulling them out ...
It is used principally as a dressed fur, the overhairs being removed and the ..."
3. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker, S. F. Aaron, B. H. A. Groth, Philadelphia museums (1905)
"A great many of them, such as otter, beaver and nutria, have long, coarse overhairs,
which must be plucked out in order to uncover the more beautiful fur. ..."
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