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saf·fian leather (saf′ē ən)

leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color

Etymology: Ger saffian, ult. < Pers säḫtijān, goatskin < säht, hard, firm

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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