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chamois
(encz) | chamois,jelenice |
chamois
(encz) | chamois,kamzík n: |
chamois
(gcide) | Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
Chamois.]
1. (Zool.) The chamois.
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2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
[Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]
[1913 Webster] Shamois |
Chamois
(gcide) | Chamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F.
chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus),
living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the
Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and
is a favorite object of chase.
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2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and
chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
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chamois
(wn) | chamois
n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois
antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois, {chamois
leather}, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, {shammy
leather}]
2: hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns
with backward-hooked tips [syn: chamois, {Rupicapra
rupicapra}] |
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chamois
(encz) | chamois,jelenice chamois,kamzík n: |
chamois cloth
(encz) | chamois cloth, n: |
chamois cress
(encz) | chamois cress, n: |
chamois leather
(encz) | chamois leather, n: |
chamois
(gcide) | Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
Chamois.]
1. (Zool.) The chamois.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
[Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]
[1913 Webster] ShamoisChamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F.
chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus),
living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the
Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and
is a favorite object of chase.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and
chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
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chamois leather
(gcide) | Chamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F.
chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus),
living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the
Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and
is a favorite object of chase.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and
chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
[1913 Webster] |
chamois
(wn) | chamois
n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois
antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois, {chamois
leather}, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, {shammy
leather}]
2: hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns
with backward-hooked tips [syn: chamois, {Rupicapra
rupicapra}] |
chamois cloth
(wn) | chamois cloth
n 1: a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
chamois cress
(wn) | chamois cress
n 1: small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and
southern Europe having very small flowers of usually
leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium [syn:
chamois cress, Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina] |
chamois leather
(wn) | chamois leather
n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois
antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois, {chamois
leather}, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, {shammy
leather}] |
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