To stretch (cloth) over a beam; to use a beam in Tanning (see beaming, n. 2).
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins			[verb (transitive)]		 > stretch or smooth hides or leather (6)		 beam1605 To stretch (cloth) over a beam; to use a beam in Tanning (see beaming, n. 2). stake1686 Leather Manufacturing. (See quot. 1853.) frizz1697 In Leather-dressing: To rub (wash-leather, etc.) with pumice-stone or a blunt knife, so as to remove the grain, soften the surface, and give a… strike1764 Tanning. To smooth and expand (skins). Also to strike out. seta1884 †To tenter (cloth); to stretch (leather). snuff1897 transitive. To smooth (leather) in the process of currying.  | 
	
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