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rawhide

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noun/ˈɹɔːhaɪd//ˈɹɔhaɪd/
  1. 1

    Untanned hide.countableuncountable

    • This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles.
  2. 2

    A whip made from twisted untanned leather.countable

verb/ˈɹɔːhaɪd//ˈɹɔhaɪd/
  1. 1

    To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.transitive

  2. 2

    To beat with a rawhide whip.transitive

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