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Raphide vs Rawhide - What's the difference?

raphide | rawhide |

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

Alternative forms

* raphis

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.
  • rawhide

    English

    Noun

  • Untanned]] [[hide#Noun, hide.
  • * 1907 , :
  • 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.

    Verb

    (rawhid)
  • To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
  • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs