Definition of skin

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Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal..

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Gascoines :: Gascoines (n. pl.) See Gaskins, 1..
Transpiration :: Transpiration (n.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc..
Gall :: Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. i.) To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up..
Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Flying Squirrel :: Flying squirrel () One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps..
Leather :: Leather (n.) The skin.
Scalp :: Scalp (n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory..
Elephantiasis :: Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide..
Zest :: Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut..
Tan :: Tan (n.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..
Robe :: Robe (v. t.) A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap..
Freckle :: Freckle (v. t.) A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands..
Complexion :: Complexion (n.) The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Oxhide :: Oxhide (n.) The skin of an ox, or leather made from it..
Woolward-going :: Woolward-going (n.) A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.
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