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rawhide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɔhaɪd/ (US)
• /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

From raw + hide.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Untanned hide.
   • This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles. 1907, O. Henry, Hearts and Crosses:
2. (countable) A whip made from twisted untanned leather.

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Deriveds

rawhider

Translations (12)

et toornahk (untanned hide) · pl niewyprawiona skóra (untanned hide) · cs karabáč (type of whip) · fi raakatalja (untanned hide) · la tergīnum (untanned hide) · de Rohleder (untanned hide) · is hráskinn (untanned hide) · it cuoio greggio (untanned hide) · nl dierenhuid (untanned hide) · de Rohhaut (untanned hide) · sv råskinn (untanned hide) · no råskinn (untanned hide)

rawhide en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɔhaɪd/ (US)
• /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

From raw + hide.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
2. (transitive) To beat with a rawhide whip.

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