Crossword clues for shagreen
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shagreen \Sha*green"\, v. t. To chagrin. [Obs.]
Shagreen \Sha*green"\, n. [F. chagrin, It. zigrino, fr. Turk. saghri the back of a horse or other beast of burden, shagreen. Cf. Chagrin.]
A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
Shagreen \Sha*green"\, Shagreened \Sha*greened"\a.
Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. ``A shagreen case of lancets.''
--T. Hook.(Zo["o]l.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
Wiktionary
n. An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. vb. (context transitive English) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
Wikipedia
Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, formerly made from a horse's back or that of an onager (wild ass). Shagreen is now commonly made of the skins of sharks and rays.
The word derives from the French chagrin and is related to Italian zigrino and Venetian sagrin, derived from the Turkic sağrı / çağrı 'rump of a horse' or the prepared skin of this part. The roughness of its texture led to the French meaning of anxiety, vexation, embarrassment, or annoyance.
Usage examples of "shagreen".
He wore a black sharkskin vest and high seaboots of shagreen, dyed crimson.
A Sarakkon sat against the open hatch of the aft companionway polishing his high shagreen boots with wax derived from the distilled oil of onaga, a deep-water snapper.
The shagreen pouch disappeared from sight, and a small book that Colin had lent him on poisonous fishes was placed conspicuously in the center of Colins hateful new berth.
A fifty-year-old memory tore loose from its watery grave and surfaced in front of Neil: of equally strong, capable hands pulling the drawstring of a shagreen bag.
The haft between was wrapped in shagreen, doubtless part of the restoration.
The long pink tongue curled out and, rough as shagreen, rasped against the supple hide.
He was interrupted by the entrance of Noel, who carried under his arm a black shagreen portfolio, ornamented with his monogram.
How much would Charlemont and its inhabitants differ to your sight, were you only to take your green spectacles from the shagreen case in which they do no duty.
Then he staggered backward as the tongue of fire jerked upward, snatching the sword from his hand so violently that the shagreen grip left his palm bloody.
This invitation came accompanied by a shagreen box, twin of the one that brought the diamond bracelet, containing a pair of diamond earrings the size of hazelnuts and a note promising a necklace to match on the evening in question.
Caderousse took from his pocket a small case of black shagreen, opened, and gave it to the jeweler.
A moment later he came down again, holding in his hand the small shagreen case, which he opened, to assure himself it contained the diamond,seemed to hesitate as to which pocket he should put it in, then, as if dissatisfied with the security of either pocket, he deposited it in his red handkerchief, which he carefully rolled round his head.
And she was there with rows of white teeth in the semicircle of her mouth, a tall fin on her back, dressed this time in shagreen, and her touch was cold as the ocean, and her taste was salt and the taint of dying things.
Calmly drawing forth from his pocket a small box covered with black shagreen, the abbe opened it, and displayed to the dazzled eyes of Caderousse the sparkling jewel it contained, set in a ring of admirable workmanship.
Caderousse took from his pocket a small case of black shagreen, opened, and gave it to the jeweller.