Russia leather


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Russia leather

n
(Tanning) a smooth dyed leather made from calfskin and scented with birch tar oil, originally produced in Russia
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Rus′sia leath′er


n.
a fine, smooth leather tanned with birch bark; often having a darkened color. Also called Rus′sian calf′.
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Noun1.Russia leather - a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.
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"It will be lost, and then I shall feel badly, for it cost ever so much, and is real steel and Russia leather. Just smell how nice."
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In nearly every case Russia leather was found to have become rotten, at least in bindings of the last fifty years.
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