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green-shaves

green-shaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of green-shave.

Meaning of green-shave

Verb

green-shave (third-person singular simple present green-shaves, present participle green-shaving, simple past and past participle green-shaved)

  1. (transitive) To scrape the flesh side of an untanned hide.
    • There are diverse opinions as to the relative value of liming or sweating, pin-wheeling, milling, green-shaving or “ fleshing,” and whether “sewed” or “open-tanned” goat-skins are preferable.1885, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 70, page 279

Questions about green-shaves

What is green-shaves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Green-shaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of green-shave.

Words near green-shaves in the dictionary

  1. green-sand
  2. green-sands
  3. green-seal
  4. green-shave
  5. green-shaved
  6. green-shaves
  7. green-shaving
  8. green-shavings
  9. green-sickness
  10. green-sicknessed
  11. green-soil

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