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whitleather
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whitleather, n. [White + leather.].
- Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather. [1913 Webster]
- The paxwax. See Paxwax. [1913 Webster]
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whitleather
Tenacity
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