peeling
1. A form of leather decay characterized by
peeling off of the grain surface. Peeling seems to
be particularly associated with those leathers
tanned with the condensed class of vegetable
tannins, although at this time the cause or causes
of the defect are unknown. 2. A defect in paper in
which the surface scales or peels off.
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