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Mitred. When the lines in finishing intersect each other at right angles and are continued without overrunning each other, they are said to be mitred. Morocco. Leather made from goatskins, tanned with sumac, originally made in the Barbary states, but afterwards very largely in the Levant, and now- produced in Europe and America from skins imported from Asia and Africa. The peculiar qualities of true morocco are great firmness of texture, with flexibility, and a grained surface, of which there a...re many varieties. This surface is produced by a pro- cess which consists largely in rolling and folding, called graining. True morocco is of extreme hard- ness, and makes the most durable book bindings; it is used also for upholstering seats and for similar purposes, and to a certain extent in shoemaking. " Early specimens of red morocco, from the six- TECHNICAL TERMS, LEATHERS, TOOLS, ETC. 147 teenth to the end of the eighteenth century, were found in good condition, and of all leathers noticed this seems to be the least affected.
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