Adjective : leather processing; leather upholstery. From Dictionary.com.
With interstatial lung disease, Janine said, the lungs become "leathered" and less able to absorb oxygen. From Wordnik.com. [McCook Daily Gazette Headlines] Reference
She knelt by it and put her palm on its leathered skull. From Wordnik.com. [The Shell Collector : Stories] Reference
Few builders have failed now to adopt the leathered lip. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
The Countess laid her long ivory hand on his leathered sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lite II: Overbite] Reference
I stumble into glass disco sweatboxes and leathered to the 70's. From Wordnik.com. [The Unutterable] Reference
A metal sawhorse with a leathered cow head welded on the front. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
She had spent too much time on the beach, the sun had leathered her. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn Maze]
The men were lanky and fit, with faces leathered through outdoor toil. From Wordnik.com. [A Country of Vast Designs] Reference
Marauders, cannibals, leathered barbarians, tropish folk come to life. From Wordnik.com. [Until We Died] Reference
His fingers 'combed her hair, and his breath leathered her temple warmly. From Wordnik.com. [Kate]
The little leathered inmates of the aviary were silent now, returned to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
His leathered skin and bald scalp made him look more frail than they did wise. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
Seems as light as Florida Water after some of the others: light leathered amber. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
The guard was no more than thirty years old, with sunken cheeks and leathered skin. From Wordnik.com. [THE DAUGHTERS OF JUÁREZ] Reference
Tears streamed down his leathered face, his thick shoulders stooped forward with despair. From Wordnik.com. [Honor’s Splendour] Reference
You could show someone all leathered out and say, "I said 'Kinski Face', not 'Kinky Face.'". From Wordnik.com. [Get your Kinski Face On!] Reference
Hydrated except you got to stay out of the sun because then you'll get that leathered look. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2009] Reference
Her translucent features surfaced occasionally in the dried-up crust that leathered her skull. From Wordnik.com. [Hellgate London Covenant] Reference
It zipped over my head, narrowly missing me, and landed at the feet of the black-leathered guard. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
And then there came to me the next-door horror of all–the stagnant, leathered, almost lush thing. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Inaugural Investments] Reference
The leathered skin on his face was crisscrossed with wrinkles and his eyes were a piercing pale blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Fiddler]
I've had my backside leathered more times than I could count, between the ages of eight and thirteen. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
With that, I reached into my pocket, pulled out a crumpled bill and pushed it into his leathered hand. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
The skin was intact, black and leathered, with no remnant of the fluids that had once kept it animate. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Handwriting] Reference
His leathered face showed his stunned reaction, but his eyes, so warm and kind, soon misted with emotion. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Lady]
Their hair hung raggedly and was matted and dirty, their faces seamed and leathered from the sun and wind. From Wordnik.com. [A Heritage of Stars]
The Hope-Jones leathered Tibias have already effected a revolution in the tonal structure of large organs. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
He has leathered me worse than the gentleman you spoke of, and without half so much to be said against him. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
A motorist, well capped and leathered, standing by his cycle, looked after them intently as they went into the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Over the River] Reference
With matted grey hair and a leathered, lined face, Sarah Good looked to be seventy, though she was only 37 years old in 1692. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
I got my tail well leathered, and they wouldn't let me have my pony again until I promised not to venture over here to the west. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
The entire business community will be 'leathered up' for. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
And there's four more, leathered through the leg side by de Villiers. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
She has sandy blond hair and warm blue eyes that open up her leathered face. From Wordnik.com. [WSBTV.com - Local News] Reference
The countertops are leathered slab granite in saddle, tan, charcoal and buff. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
She's normally seen getting leathered, but her new feathered look won over fans. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
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