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chamois

5 definitions found for chamois

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See
     Chamois.]
     1. (Zool.) The chamois.
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     2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin
        of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the
        sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
        [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]
        [1913 Webster] Shamois

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Chamois \Cham"ois\ (sh[a^]m"m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi"; 277), n. [F.
     chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]
     1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope ({Rupicapra tragus),
        living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the
        Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and
        is a favorite object of chase.
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     2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
        sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and
        chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :


  chamois
      n 1: a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois
           antelope but now from sheepskin [syn: chamois, chamois
           leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy
           leather]
      2: hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns
         with backward-hooked tips [syn: chamois, Rupicapra
         rupicapra]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :


  Chamois
     only in Deut. 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or
     gazelle species. It bears this Hebrew name from its leaping or
     springing. The animal intended is probably the wild sheep (Ovis
     tragelephus), which is still found in Sinai and in the broken
     ridges of Stony Arabia. The LXX. and Vulgate render the word by
     camelopardus, i.e., the giraffe; but this is an animal of
     Central Africa, and is not at all known in Syria.

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :


  Chamois, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
     Population (2000):    456
     Housing Units (2000): 230
     Land area (2000):     0.359529 sq. miles (0.931176 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.021011 sq. miles (0.054418 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.380540 sq. miles (0.985594 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            13060
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             38.675603 N, 91.769749 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     65024
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Chamois, MO
      Chamois