Raphide vs Rawhide - What's the difference?
raphide | rawhide |
(biochemistry) A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.
Untanned]] [[hide#Noun, hide.
* 1907 , :
To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs
As nouns the difference between raphide and rawhide
is that raphide is a crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells while rawhide is untanned hide.As a verb rawhide is
to clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.raphide
English
(wikipedia raphide)Alternative forms
* raphisNoun
(en noun)rawhide
English
Noun
- This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles.