Definition of Shamoyed

1. shamoy [v] - See also: shamoy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamoyed

shammer
shammers
shammied
shammies
shamming
shammos
shammosim
shammy
shammy leather
shammying
shamois
shamos
shamosim
shamoy
shamoyed (current term)
shamoying
shamoys
shampers
shampoo
shampoo ginger
shampooed
shampooer
shampooers
shampooey
shampooing
shampoolike
shampoos
shamrock
shamrock pea

Literary usage of Shamoyed

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

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1851)
"shamoyed leather breeches were formerly very much used, especially in the arm}', and as English shamoyed leather was in high repute, it was used not only in ..."

2. British Manufactures by George Dodd (1845)
"Mr. Aikin, in one of his lectures before the Society of Arts, made the following statement in reference to shamoyed leather:— " Till a few years ago ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Notwithstanding this, well-shamoyed leather requires the exercise of much care and numerous manipulative processes. Hides and skins of all classes are ..."

4. Days at the Factories: Or, The Manufacturing Industry of Great Britain by George Dodd (1843)
"Mr. Aikin, in one of his lectures before the Society of Arts, made the following statement in reference to shamoyed leather :—" Till a few years ago, ..."

5. The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of by George Long, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1846)
"Woollen cloth was accordingly tu'»:: for shamoyed leather in this article of dress, rir»t ;- British, and subsequently in the Austrian and ..."

6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"In making shamoyed leather, of which washing-leather is a cheap example, the skins of deer, goats, and sheep are impregnated with oil instead of the other ..."

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