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Split-leath′er.

Leather split by machinery, to economize it or to reduce it to a suitable thickness for a given purpose.

It appears to have been introduced by Nossiter, England, who found the cut surface, when polished by a slicker, to take varnish better than either the flesh or grain side of the hide.

Split-leather is an inferior article, and is used for light boots and shoes, inner soles, linings, carriage upholstery; trunk, portmanteau, and cushion covering. Splits of the smaller skins, such as goat and sheep, are made into wash or glove leather.

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