A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the
   East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to
   be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface
   is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when
   moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between
   them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had
   been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is
   used for covering small cases and boxes.