oak leather (okleri"er)

A kind of fungus mycelium found in old oaks running down the fi ures, and when removed not unlike white kid-leather. It is very common in America, where it is sometimes used in making plasters. oakling (ōk'ling), n. [ There was lately an avenue of four leagues in length, and fifty paces in breadth, planted with young oaklings . Evelyn, Sylva, I. ix. § 3. oak-lungs (ōk'lungz), п. A species of lichen, Sticta pi Sticta pulmonacea; lungwort.