fishskin

The rough skin of the dog-fish or shark is used as a rasp. Shagreen is a leather of fish-skin. The skins of the porpoise, beluga, and seal are tanned. Eel-skins are used as whang (q. v.). Sole and other skins are used in making a kind of isingla for clarifying liquors. Fish - skin disease : Med.: Ichthyosis, a horny condition of the skin. fish-slice, s . A broad-bladed silver knife used for serving fish at table. The trowel-shaped blade enables a portion of fish to be removed from the backbone without breaking it into unsightly fragments.