SHAGREEN


Meaning of SHAGREEN in English

[sha.green] n [by folk etymology fr. F chagrin, modif. of Turk sagri] (1677) 1: an untanned leather covered with small round granulations and usu. dyed green

2: the rough skin of various sharks and rays when covered with small close-set tubercles -- shagreen adj

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