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Webster 1913 Edition


Rawhide

Raw′hideˊ

(ra̤′hīdˊ)
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Noun.
A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.

Definition 2024


rawhide

rawhide

English

Noun

rawhide (countable and uncountable, plural rawhides)

  1. Untanned hide.
    • 1907, O. Henry, "Hearts and Crosses":
      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.
Translations

Verb

rawhide (third-person singular simple present rawhides, present participle rawhiding, simple past and past participle rawhided)

  1. (transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.