shagreenn.

Brit.

/ʃəˈɡriːn/,

/ʃaˈɡriːn/, U.S.

/ʃæˈɡrin/,

/ʃəˈɡrin/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s shagrin, shaggreen, 1700s shaggareen, 1600s–1800s chagrin n.

Etymology: Variant of chagrin n.

a. A species of untanned leather with a rough granular surface, prepared from the skin of the horse, ass, etc., or of the shark, seal, etc., and frequently dyed green. Also, an imitation of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather finished in specific way

red leather1418

black work1587

frieze-leather1594

shagreen1677

chagrin1678

wax-leather1711

patent leather1797

satin leather1802

japanned leather1851

Peau d'Espagne1855

grain-leather1858

suede1878

pebble leather1880

suede leather1882

ooze leather1888

blacking leather1895

grain1895

patent1902

ooze1916

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of or relating to other types of leather

cheverel1515

cordovan1591

dog's-leather1611

dogskin1612

red leather1618

buffen1629

shagreen1677

buffa1706

undressed1808

patent leather1818

jacked1841

mocha1895

steerhide1921

1677 [see shagreen leather n. at Compounds 1].

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 264 Hides and Leather from Bulgaria, Turky, and of their own dressing, which excels that we call..Shagreen for Durableness.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 A Bible bound in Shagreen.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 239 His [sc. the shark's] skin..being that substance which covers instrument cases, called shagreen.

1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iii. ix. 174 The men of Mataia..cover..their bodies with a sort of shagreen, being skin of fishes.

1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 443 The genuine oriental shagreen is not a true leather, but a skin prepared by drying.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 327 A thin oval case covered with dark shagreen.

1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. i. 2 A tall man..whose tall wife carried a small bag of silver and shagreen.

b. The skin of various sharks, rays, etc., which is covered with close-set calcified papillæ, forming a hard rough surface: used for polishing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > fish skin > of shark

sharkskin1851

shagreen1870

1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) lviii. 434 The so-called ‘shagreen’ of the Dog-fishes and sharks is composed of very small and close-set tooth-like processes.

1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals iii. 126 Very commonly it [the integument of sharks, etc.] is developed into papillæ, which become calcified, and give rise to toothlike structures; these, when they are very small and close-set, constitute what is called shagreen.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. vii. 277 These [calcifications] may be quite small and thickly distributed all over the body. A skin so furnished is called shagreen.

c. transferred in Iron-founding. (See quot. a1884.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > spot on surface of casting

shagreena1884

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 801/2 Shagreen, hard, colored, metallic spots found on the surface of iron castings.

d. The fashion shade of dull green resembling the colour of shagreen.

ΚΠ

1932 Sale Catal. Colours: Maize, Sunrise, Shagreen, Parchment or Ivory.

†2. A silk fabric. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other

camaca1338

eburgese1558

mantua1678

shagreen1702

brilliant1719

Mantua1731

sayette1770

Peking1776

throwns1828

satin de chine1833

satin de Lyon1868

Florence1882

taffetine1884

Milanese silk1897

Pompadour sheeny1902

météor1908

1702 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 197 For 5½ ells black shagrin..18 9 0.

1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 177 I..bought eighteen yards of very pretty white silk for Trott, something in the nature of shagreen, but a better colour than they ever are.

1741 J. Parry True Anti-Pamela 129 Nicholas advised him..to have the Suit lined with white Shagreen.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

shagreen case n.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shagreen,..a sort of rough, green Leather; as AShagreen Case.

1730 Inventory D. Bond's Goods (1732) 34 A Shaggareen Case for Bottles.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 180 She held out the black shagreen-case.

shagreen cover n.

ΚΠ

c1696 M. Prior Cupid & Ganymede 19 Two Table-Books in Shagreen Covers.

shagreen leather n.

ΚΠ

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. iv. 21 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) [They] wear Boots or Shooes of Shagrin-Leather.

shagreen skin n.

ΚΠ

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. iv. 21 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Shagrin-Skins.

1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 42 In this country are also manufactures of..shagreen skins and other leather.

C2. (In sense 1b.)

shagreen-granule n.

ΚΠ

1896 Guide Fossil Reptiles & Fishes Brit. Mus. 82 In the majority of instances, the fossils [of sharks] consist merely of detached spines, shagreen-granules, teeth, or pieces of cartilage.

shagreen point n.

ΚΠ

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 58 An external armature, consisting of plates, spines, and shagreen points of solid bone.

shagreen scale n.

ΚΠ

1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 138 The fish-remains are chiefly those of the minute Shagreen scales.

C3.

shagreen-ray n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > raia fullonica

French ray1776

shagreen-ray1776

shagreen-skate1882

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 87 Whip Ray..Shagreen. I met with this species at Scarborough, where it is called the French Ray.

shagreen-skate n. Raiia fullonica.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > raia fullonica

French ray1776

shagreen-ray1776

shagreen-skate1882

1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 191 Shagreen-skate. Raiia fullonica. Britain.

C4. General attributive.

shagreen-covered adj.

ΚΠ

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) i. 62 The dorsal spines and shagreen covered skin of the common dog fish.

1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. viii. 131 Limp, green, shagreen-covered registers to keep the accounts in.

shagreen-like adj.

ΚΠ

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 317 Others [of the subgenus Pimelodes] have the head oval, and a kind of helmet of shagreen-like bones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shagreen
释义	shagreenn. Brit. /ʃəˈɡriːn/, /ʃaˈɡriːn/, U.S. /ʃæˈɡrin/, /ʃəˈɡrin/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s shagrin, shaggreen, 1700s shaggareen, 1600s–1800s chagrin n. Etymology: Variant of chagrin n. 1. a. A species of untanned leather with a rough granular surface, prepared from the skin of the horse, ass, etc., or of the shark, seal, etc., and frequently dyed green. Also, an imitation of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather finished in specific way red leather1418 black work1587 frieze-leather1594 shagreen1677 chagrin1678 wax-leather1711 patent leather1797 satin leather1802 japanned leather1851 Peau d'Espagne1855 grain-leather1858 suede1878 pebble leather1880 suede leather1882 ooze leather1888 blacking leather1895 grain1895 patent1902 ooze1916 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of or relating to other types of leather cheverel1515 cordovan1591 dog's-leather1611 dogskin1612 red leather1618 buffen1629 shagreen1677 buffa1706 undressed1808 patent leather1818 jacked1841 mocha1895 steerhide1921 1677 [see shagreen leather n. at Compounds 1]. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 264 Hides and Leather from Bulgaria, Turky, and of their own dressing, which excels that we call..Shagreen for Durableness. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 A Bible bound in Shagreen. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 239 His [sc. the shark's] skin..being that substance which covers instrument cases, called shagreen. 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific II. iii. ix. 174 The men of Mataia..cover..their bodies with a sort of shagreen, being skin of fishes. 1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 443 The genuine oriental shagreen is not a true leather, but a skin prepared by drying. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 327 A thin oval case covered with dark shagreen. 1907 J. Galsworthy Country House i. i. 2 A tall man..whose tall wife carried a small bag of silver and shagreen. b. The skin of various sharks, rays, etc., which is covered with close-set calcified papillæ, forming a hard rough surface: used for polishing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > fish skin > of shark sharkskin1851 shagreen1870 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) lviii. 434 The so-called ‘shagreen’ of the Dog-fishes and sharks is composed of very small and close-set tooth-like processes. 1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals iii. 126 Very commonly it [the integument of sharks, etc.] is developed into papillæ, which become calcified, and give rise to toothlike structures; these, when they are very small and close-set, constitute what is called shagreen. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. vii. 277 These [calcifications] may be quite small and thickly distributed all over the body. A skin so furnished is called shagreen. c. transferred in Iron-founding. (See quot. a1884.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > spot on surface of casting shagreena1884 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 801/2 Shagreen, hard, colored, metallic spots found on the surface of iron castings. d. The fashion shade of dull green resembling the colour of shagreen. ΚΠ 1932 Sale Catal. Colours: Maize, Sunrise, Shagreen, Parchment or Ivory. †2. A silk fabric. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other camaca1338 eburgese1558 mantua1678 shagreen1702 brilliant1719 Mantua1731 sayette1770 Peking1776 throwns1828 satin de chine1833 satin de Lyon1868 Florence1882 taffetine1884 Milanese silk1897 Pompadour sheeny1902 météor1908 1702 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 197 For 5½ ells black shagrin..18 9 0. 1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 177 I..bought eighteen yards of very pretty white silk for Trott, something in the nature of shagreen, but a better colour than they ever are. 1741 J. Parry True Anti-Pamela 129 Nicholas advised him..to have the Suit lined with white Shagreen. Compounds C1. General attributive. shagreen case n. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shagreen,..a sort of rough, green Leather; as AShagreen Case. 1730 Inventory D. Bond's Goods (1732) 34 A Shaggareen Case for Bottles. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vii. 180 She held out the black shagreen-case. shagreen cover n. ΚΠ c1696 M. Prior Cupid & Ganymede 19 Two Table-Books in Shagreen Covers. shagreen leather n. ΚΠ 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. iv. 21 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) [They] wear Boots or Shooes of Shagrin-Leather. shagreen skin n. ΚΠ 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. iv. 21 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Shagrin-Skins. 1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 42 In this country are also manufactures of..shagreen skins and other leather. C2. (In sense 1b.) shagreen-granule n. ΚΠ 1896 Guide Fossil Reptiles & Fishes Brit. Mus. 82 In the majority of instances, the fossils [of sharks] consist merely of detached spines, shagreen-granules, teeth, or pieces of cartilage. shagreen point n. ΚΠ a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 58 An external armature, consisting of plates, spines, and shagreen points of solid bone. shagreen scale n. ΚΠ 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 138 The fish-remains are chiefly those of the minute Shagreen scales. C3. shagreen-ray n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > raia fullonica French ray1776 shagreen-ray1776 shagreen-skate1882 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 87 Whip Ray..Shagreen. I met with this species at Scarborough, where it is called the French Ray. shagreen-skate n. Raiia fullonica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > family Rajidae > raia fullonica French ray1776 shagreen-ray1776 shagreen-skate1882 1882 J. E. Tenison-Woods Fish & Fisheries New S. Wales 191 Shagreen-skate. Raiia fullonica. Britain. C4. General attributive. shagreen-covered adj. ΚΠ a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) i. 62 The dorsal spines and shagreen covered skin of the common dog fish. 1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. viii. 131 Limp, green, shagreen-covered registers to keep the accounts in. shagreen-like adj. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 317 Others [of the subgenus Pimelodes] have the head oval, and a kind of helmet of shagreen-like bones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677
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