Sekirov Dictionary

shagreen

/ʃəˈɡɹiːn/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
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A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
- If the shagreen dots be carefully observed they will be found to possess an annular arrangement. — 1883

verb1

To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.

forms

shagreened · shagreening · shagreens

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