Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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gut

The cured and finished strips of the intestines of sheep, calves, or oxen. The gut of the sheep or calf is used as the core of the HEADBAND , while that of the ox is used in the manufacture of GOLDBEATER'S SKIN .

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