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chamois
noun pl. chamois
- a small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus, having straight horns with the tips bent backward
- also sp. chammy
- a soft leather made from its skin or from the skin of sheep, deer, goats, etc.
- a piece of this leather, used as a polishing cloth
adjective
- made of chamois
- yellowish-brown
transitive verb chamoised , chamoising
to polish with a chamois skin
See chamois in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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