See Also: cuir-bouilli(dictionary)
bouilli(dictionary)
rond de cuir(dictionary)
cuir-cisele(dictionary)
bruit de cuir neuf(medicine)
Seneca(encyclopedia)
Seneca 1,(dictionary)
Seneca(dictionary)
Seneca Hospital(health)
Seneca snakeroot(medicine)

Seneca 1, (oh) and cuir-bouilli (iou)


Seneca 1, (oh)



1
(about 4 BC-65 AD) a Roman philosopher, politician, and writer of plays. He was the teacher of Nero, the emperor, and had a lot of influence over him. But later, Nero believed Seneca was involved in a plan to kill him, and ordered him to kill himself.

cuir-bouilli (iou)



cuir-bouilli noun. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[French = boiled leather.]
Leather boiled or soaked in hot water and, when soft, moulded into any required form, which it retains on becoming dry and hard (formerly often used for armour).