skiver
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If a university does not produce the occasional eloquent skiver, or unquenchably verbal time-waster, it is not fulfilling its true end.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2020
The leathers in common use for bookbinding are:— Goatskin, known as morocco.Calf, known as calf and russia.Sheepskin, known as roan, basil, skiver, &c.Pigskin, known as pigskin.Sealskin, known as seal.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Noel Rooke
Objects from Sell Cave. a, Pestles or grinding stones; b, celt, pottery disks, paint stones, and skiver 46 17.
From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke
How I execrated that ill-starred jade, and the Dutch skiver, but for whom I might at this moment have been my own master.
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
But on the other hand even those not suitable for libraries which are used by the publisher on cheap books are much better than poor grades of leathers, such as skiver, bock, buffing, etc.
From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey
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