Associations to the word «Rawhide»

Wiktionary

RAWHIDE, noun. Untanned hide.
RAWHIDE, verb. (transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.

Dictionary definition

RAWHIDE, noun. Untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne