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Definition of Sealskins
1. sealskin [n] - See also: sealskin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sealskins
Literary usage of Sealskins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"From the number of sealskins taken by the "Juanita" up to the said 31st July I
verily believe that the said schooner would, iu a full season, have taken at ..."
2. The History of the Shoddy-trade: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Position by Samuel Jubb (1860)
"sealskins'—These are a cloth made of mohair and other bright-haired materials.
... The finish of sealskins bears some analogy to that of velvets, but, ..."
3. Alaska, Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1885)
"sealskins. I HAVE never been to the Seal Islands myself, and have no desire to
cross the twenty-six hundred miles of rough and foggy seas that lie between ..."
4. Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett (1921)
"In soaking sealskins the object is not only to soften thoroughly, but also to
effect the recovery of as much seal oil as possible before the liming ..."
5. Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett (1921)
"sealskins A SPECIAL class of morocco leather is manufactured from the skins of
seals. ... In soaking sealskins the object is not only to soften thorough! ..."
6. A Shooting Trip to Kamchatka by Elim Pavlovich Demidov (1904)
"... originally the Russo-American Company—The trade in sealskins—Appointment of
a military governor—Effect of the Crimean War—The Trans- Siberian Railway- ..."
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