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: a whip of untanned hide
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: untanned cattle skin
rawhided; rawhiding
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Verb
the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
With their Triple Flavor Kabobs Chicken, Duck & Chicken Liver Dog Chews, Good 'n' Fun has devised the ideal rawhide treat.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
The lights surrounding a table by Panorammma are made out of rawhide, inspired by the bones left over after dinner parties and made by the design studio Marrow, a side project of the Casa Bosques founder Rafael Prieto and Loup Sarion (bottom right).
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 13 May 2022
There’s a rawhide lace looped around the back to tighten them and tie a bow at the top.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2022
Gordon spent more than two years looking at three dozen ranches before discovering his rawhide Eden.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
And when Peter offers his rawhide to Phil, the pair’s final scene is erotic as hell, checking off about five different fetishes.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
Mezcal and destilados de agave can be distilled in rawhide, clay, tree trunk, copper and even plastic.
—Esther Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
It traditionally has been interpreted as two rows of cedar posts, fastened by rawhide strips, with the rows placed 6 feet apart and dirt packed between the rows.
—Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 2021
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
Also in that particular drawer: dog biscuits, rawhide chews — and the pristine bunny.
—Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2021
The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
Queenie had eschewed chew toys and rawhide and Greenies, deciding instead that nothing was more satisfying than Daddy’s computer cables.
—Kevin Fisher-paulson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020
After six months of being whipped once a week with sticks and rawhide thongs — arbitrary punishment was used to stunt a slave’s dangerous sense of personhood — Douglass fought his tormentor.
—George Will, National Review, 31 Jan. 2018
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Noun
Like bully sticks, rawhide chews are high in protein and low in fat.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
With their Triple Flavor Kabobs Chicken, Duck & Chicken Liver Dog Chews, Good 'n' Fun has devised the ideal rawhide treat.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
The lights surrounding a table by Panorammma are made out of rawhide, inspired by the bones left over after dinner parties and made by the design studio Marrow, a side project of the Casa Bosques founder Rafael Prieto and Loup Sarion (bottom right).
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 13 May 2022
There’s a rawhide lace looped around the back to tighten them and tie a bow at the top.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2022
Gordon spent more than two years looking at three dozen ranches before discovering his rawhide Eden.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
And when Peter offers his rawhide to Phil, the pair’s final scene is erotic as hell, checking off about five different fetishes.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
Mezcal and destilados de agave can be distilled in rawhide, clay, tree trunk, copper and even plastic.
—Esther Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
It traditionally has been interpreted as two rows of cedar posts, fastened by rawhide strips, with the rows placed 6 feet apart and dirt packed between the rows.
—Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 2021
Verb
Treats that are hard or crunchy (such as bones or rawhide chews) Is cheese bad for dogs?
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
Also in that particular drawer: dog biscuits, rawhide chews — and the pristine bunny.
—Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2021
The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
Queenie had eschewed chew toys and rawhide and Greenies, deciding instead that nothing was more satisfying than Daddy’s computer cables.
—Kevin Fisher-paulson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Nov. 2020
After six months of being whipped once a week with sticks and rawhide thongs — arbitrary punishment was used to stunt a slave’s dangerous sense of personhood — Douglass fought his tormentor.
—George Will, National Review, 31 Jan. 2018
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“Rawhide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rawhide. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.
Kids Definition
rawhide
1 of 2 noun
raw·hide
ˈrȯ-ˌhīd 
1
: a whip of untanned hide
2
: untanned cattle skin
rawhide
2 of 2 verb
rawhided; rawhiding
: to whip or drive with or as if with a rawhide
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