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fine hair, n.
[fine a. 7.]
(See quot. 1901.)
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 109 Besides the hair proper, the animal hide is covered with a short down, similar to what is found on the arms and legs of the human body. This down is known to the tanners as fine-hair. 1901F. T. Addyman tr. Villon's Leather Industry 359 Fine hair, long, fine but coarser than wool, as the rabbit. 1962Stubbings & Fleisch in F. O'Flaherty et al. Chem. & Technol. Leather III. xxxviii. 245 The shorter the unhairing process, usually the more fine hair is left on the sides.
Hence fine-hair v. trans., to remove the fine hair or down from (a skin).
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 158 The best time for fine-hairing is after the drenching, as the grain of the skins is then cleaner and the fine hairs more easily seen. 1903H. R. Procter Princ. Leather Manuf. 180 After bating, the hides are usually ‘worked’ (‘scudded’, ‘fine-haired’) on the beam, to remove dirt and grease. |