[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rind \rind\ rimacnd, n. as. rind bark, crust of bread; akin
   to ohg. rinta, g. rinde, and probably to e. rand, rim; cf.
   skr. ram to end, rest.
   the external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees,
   etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
   1913 webster

         thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind
         with all thy charms, although this corporal rind
         thou hast immanacled.                    --milton.
   1913 webster

         sweetest nut hath sourest rind.          --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rind \rind\, v. t.
   to remove the rind of; to bark. r.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rind
     n 1: the tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit
          syn: skin, peel
     2: the natural outer covering of food usually removed before
        eating
see also:
skin peel 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "rind":
   leatherette, leatheroid, bark, border, bran, capsule, case, chaff,
   circumference, coat, cork, corn shuck, cornhusk, cortex, covering,
   crust, cursoriness, cuticle, dermis, envelope, epicarp, epidermis,
   exterior, exteriority, external, facade, face, facet, fell, fleece,
   flesh, fringe, front, fur, furring, gloss, hide, hull, husk,
   imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jacket, leather,
   leather paper, lineaments, mere scratch, no depth, no water,
   outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outside,
   palea, peel, peeling, pelt, peltry, periphery, phellum, pinprick,
   pod, rawhide, scratch, shallowness, sheath, shell, shoaliness,
   shuck, skin, skins, slightness, superficiality, superficies,
   superstratum, surface, tegument, top, triviality, vair, veneer

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