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rawhide ((n.))

• 1 † n. a whip made of rawhide.

  • 1852  "Yesterday, I forgot to take the oxen out of the yoke, and Musther William tied me up to a stump, and bate me with the raw hide."
  • 1902  . . . the master [laid] two swift, stinging cuts from the rawhide over . . . Bob's back. . . .
  • 1944  ". . . Dog like sound of whip. Make music in ears." The factor scratched his head. "Yes, that is true; the huskies do like the sound of the singing rawhide."

• 2 n. B.C., Hist. an untanned hide used in rawhiding.

  See also: rawhiding  

  • 1897  At a considerable cost a rawhide and pack trail has been constructed from the town of Brandon to the Two Friends mine, on said creek.
  • 1913  [They] were hauled outside by an ox hitched to a rawhide instead of a cart or sled, which served the purpose better.
  • 1958  In olden days they used to sack all the ore and then pack it in winter on raw hides or sleighs to the wharfs.