SHAGREEN  , a See also:

• SPECIES

species of untanned See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather with a roughened, granular See also:

• SURFACE

surface . The word is the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form; cf . Ger . Schagrin, of Fr. chagrin, Ital. zagrin, zigrino; these are usually referred to See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish and See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian saghri, lit. the back of a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and so applied to leather made from this See also:

• PART

part . The skin of the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass was especially used . The method of preparing the skins to secure the rough, granular surface is as follows . The seeds of a plant, usually some species of Chino See also:

• PODIUM (Gr. lr66tov, diminutive of ?roils, foot)

podium, are embedded in the skin while soft, the surface is then shaved down and soaked in See also:

• WATER

water, when the edges of the indentations swell up . The leather is then dyed, See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green being a favourite See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . Shagreen is now commonly made of the skins of sharks and rays; the placoid scales of the See also:

• SHARK

shark skin giving the necessary roughened surface . Shagreen is used as an ornamental leather for making See also:

• POCKET

pocket-books, small cases and the like, and for the handles of swords, daggers, &c .