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Glossary of Terms

Please select one of the letters below to view the glossary of terms.

 


Tannage

A product that has bonded with the fibres of a skin or hide to modify the properties of the collagen, to provide resistance to microorganisms, so that it will not putrefy

 

Tannery Run

Used to describe leather that has not been sorted and graded before selling by the tanner.

Tanning

Processing whereby putrescible raw hides and skins are converted into leather.

 

Tick

A tick is a mite, that attacks an animal, by piercing the skin with its long proboscis and sucking blood.  The marks that it leaves are like many pin pricks in the grain and scars