Definition for CHA-GRIN'

CHA-GRIN', n. [Fr. This word applied to a particular kind of skin, or leather, is said to be derived from a Turkish word, sagri, Fr. croupe. The skin is dressed so as to present on its surface little eminences. See Shagreen.]

Ill humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness. – Pope.

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