snuffing
The process of lightly BUFFING (2) the grain
surface of a leather, usually by means of
carborundum paper wrapped around a revolving
cylinder. Snuffing is a degree of sandpapering
between buffering andCORRECTED GRAIN , and
the leather treated is said to be "snuffed." (363 )
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