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Hides and skins

Hides and skins, are termed 'leather' even as soon as the process of tanning is over and the danger of their putrefaction is put an end to, State of Tamil Nadu v. Mahi Traders, AIR 1989 SC 1167 (1172): (1989) 1 SCC 724: (1989) 1 SCR 445.Hides and skins acquire the name of 'leather', even if the hair or wool has not been removed therefrom, as soon as they receive some treatment which prevents them from putrefaction after treatment with water, Park Leather Industry (P) Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 2001 SC 931 (936): (2001) 3 SCC 35....


light skinned

having skin of a light colored hue...


Skin deep

Not deeper than the skin hence superficial...


Skinful

As much as a skin can hold...


Sheep-skin

Sheep-skin, a deed; from the parchment it was written on....


Dermis

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis called also true skin derm derma corium cutis and enderon See Skin and Illust in Appendix...


gooseflesh

A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin called also goose skin goose pimples goose bumps...


Band Aid

An adhesive bandage composed of a short ribbon of cloth or plastic with an adhesive coating on one side and having a patch of gauze at the center It is used to cover small cuts abrasions or blisters on the skin and may be easily applied to and removed from the skin with no additional material Originally a trademark the term has been popularly used generically...


Buff

A sort of leather prepared from the skin of the buffalo dressed with oil like chamois also the skins of oxen elks and other animals dressed in like manner...


Calfskin

The hide or skin of a calf or leather made of the skin...


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