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Definition of Rawhide
1. Noun. Untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes.
Definition of Rawhide
1. n. A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
Definition of Rawhide
1. Noun. Untanned hide. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rawhide
1. to beat with a type of whip [v -HIDED, -HIDING, -HIDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rawhide
Literary usage of Rawhide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Machine Design by Forrest Robert Jones (1903)
"rawhide seems to give better service in damp places than tanned leather, ...
The weight of rawhide is about the same as that of tanned and fulled leather. ..."
2. Spur and Bevel Gearing: A Treatise on the Principles, Dimensions edited by Erik Oberg (1914)
"The number of teeth in rawhide pinions is made from fifteen to eighteen wherever
possible. Example: — As an example of the use of the horsepower formula ..."
3. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"Quiet operation is obtained by eliminating the metal to metal contact, and this
is accomplished by making the rawhide face somewhat wider than the face of ..."
4. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"Quiet operation is obtained by eliminating the metal to metal contact, and this
is accomplished by making the rawhide face somewhat wider than the face of ..."
5. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"Quiet operation is obtained by eliminating the metal to metal contact, and this
is accomplished by making the rawhide face somewhat wider than the face of ..."
6. My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice (1913)
"CHAPTER VH rawhide BECAUSE rawhide, the new Nevada gold camp, ... By the first
week in January, 1908, fully 2000 people were reported to be in rawhide. ..."
7. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1903)
"THE rawhide INCENSED. The female relatives of the dancers now came up to them,
each one addressing to the dancer words of encouragement. ..."
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