Definition of skin

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Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing..

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Pigskin :: Pigskin (n.) The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle..
Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..
Lambskin :: Lambskin (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively..
Velvet :: Velvet (n.) The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
Husking :: Husking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hus.
Black :: Black (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races..
Desking :: Desking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Des.
Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Large; great.
Skin-deep :: Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial..
Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..
Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..
Flay :: Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth..
Petulcity :: Petulcity (n.) Wantonness; friskiness.
Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.
Skinker :: Skinker (n.) One who serves liquor; a tapster.
Icteritous :: Icteritous (a.) Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
Hoemother :: Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver..
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.
Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics..
Sailfish :: Sailfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..
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