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moslings

moslings noun: thin shreds of leather shaved off while dressing skins, which are bibulous and used for absorbing grease or oil.

Noun

moslings pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only, possibly, uncommon) Thin shreds of leather shaved off while dressing skins, which are bibulous and used for absorbing grease or oil.
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Origin of moslings

Origin uncertain: perhaps from morsel + -ing.

Questions about moslings

What does moslings mean?
Moslings means thin shreds of leather shaved off while dressing skins, which are bibulous and used for absorbing grease or oil.
What part of speech is moslings?
Moslings is a noun.

Words near moslings in the dictionary

  1. Moslems
  2. Mosley
  3. Mosleyan
  4. Mosleyite
  5. Mosleyites
  6. moslings
  7. Mosman
  8. Mosmans
  9. Mosney
  10. Moso
  11. moso bamboo

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