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Definition of Shagreen
1. v. t. To chagrin.
2. n. A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
3. a. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
Definition of Shagreen
1. Noun. An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shagreen
1. the rough skin of certain sharks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Shagreen
1. 1. A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes. 2. The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts. Origin: F. Chagrin, It. Zigrino, fr. Turk. Saghri the back of a horse or other beast of burden, shagreen. Cf. Chagrin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagreen
Literary usage of Shagreen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepis of Stromness by Hugh Miller, Louis Agassiz (1853)
"In small fragments of shagreen (fig. 2, 6), which have been detected in the
bone-bed of the Upper Ludlow Rocks (Upper Silurian), and constitute the most ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"The hairs on the head are much more numerous than in the last instar, and they
also partake of the shagreen character except that the hairs themselves are ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"shagreen is also made of the skins of the sea-otter, seal, &,c. SHAH, or SCHAH,
in Persian, signifies king; whence Shahnameh (book of kings). ..."
4. The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing: Theoretically by François Malepeyre, Campbell Morfit (1852)
"shagreen. GENUINE shagreen of the best quality is manufactured almost entirely in
... Fine gray shagreen, as well as that of other colors, is imported from ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"After all these operations, the shagreen is again put into water, partly to make
it pliable, and partly to raise the grain. ..."
6. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1835)
"... he received all the information lie desired. There is no animal of this name,
ax some have imagined. They make the shagreen of the skin of the buttock! ..."
7. Leather Manufacture: A Practical Handbook of Tanning, Currying, and Chrome by Alexander Watt (1906)
"shagreen.—Fish Skin, or Fish shagreen. Preparation of Parchment and Vellum.—The
employment of this substance for writing purposes is of very early date, ..."
8. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"shagreen.—The best quality of shagreen is manufactured almost entirely in Astracan
and ... True shagreen is not real leather, but a skin prepared by drying, ..."
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