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Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete Soft leather made of kid skin.
  2. adj. obsolete Made of cheveril; pliant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.
  2. adj. obsolete Made of cheveril; pliant.

Examples

  • “Theobald's etymology of 'cheveril' is, of course quite right; -- but he is mistaken in supposing that there were no such things as gloves of chicken-skin.”

    Literary Remains, Volume 2

  • “They are perfectly satisfied as to the age of the cheveril and the writing materials and that apart from saltwater stains there has been no subsequent interference.”

    Killer Dolphin

  • “QUOTATION: They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.”

    Quotations

  • “O! here’s a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad.”

    Act II. Scene IV. Romeo and Juliet

  • “A sentence is but a _cheveril_ glove to a good wit.”

    Literary Remains, Volume 2

  • “A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit: how quickly the wrong side may be turned outward!”

    Twelfth Night; or What You Will

  • “O here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad!”

    Romeo and Juliet

  • “O here’s a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad!”

    Romeo and Juliet

  • “2190They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.”

    Quotations

  • “89They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.”

    Quotations

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