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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
skin \skin\, n. icel. skinn; akin to sw. skinn, dan. skind, as.
   scinn, g. schined to skin.
   1. anat. the external membranous integument of an animal.
      1913 webster

   note: in man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist
         of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular
         epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells
         which are constantly growing and multiplying in the
         deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial,
         layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis,
         cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of
         connective tissue.
         1913 webster

   2. the hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether
      green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal,
      as a calf, sheep, or goat.
      1913 webster

   3. a vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. see
      bottle, 1. "skins of wine." --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   4. the bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of
      fruits and plants.
      1913 webster

   5. naut.
      a that part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the
          outside and covers the whole. --totten.
      b 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.
          1913 webster

   skin friction, skin resistance naut., the friction, or
      resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to
      the immersed surface skin of a vessel.

   skin graft surg., a small portion of skin used in the
      process of grafting. see graft, v. t., 2.

   skin moth zool., any insect which destroys the prepared
      skins of animals, especially the larva of dermestes and
      anthrenus.

   skin of the teeth, nothing, or next to nothing; the least
      possible hold or advantage. --job xix. 20.

   skin wool, wool taken from dead sheep.
      1913 webster
see also:
bottle skin friction skin resistance skin graft graft skin moth 
skin of the teeth skin wool 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
skin \skin\, v. t. imp.  p. p. skinned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   skinning.
   1. to strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to
      skin an animal.
      1913 webster

   2. to cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover
      superficially.
      1913 webster

            it will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to strip of money or property; to cheat. slang
      1913 webster
see also:
skinned skinning 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
skin \skin\, v. i.
   1. to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
      1913 webster

   2. to produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of
      another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs,
      memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. college cant,
      u.s.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
skin
     n 1: a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense
          of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
          syn: tegument, cutis
     2: the tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit
        syn: rind, peel
     3: an outer surface usually thin; "the skin of an airplane"
     4: body covering of a living animal syn: hide, pelt
     5: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save
        his skin"
     6: the rind of a fruit or vegetable syn: peel
     7: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from
        the skin of an animal
     v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling syn: clamber, scramble,
           shin, shinny, struggle, sputter
     2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "the boy
        skinned his knee when he fell" syn: scrape
     3: remove the bark of a tree syn: bark
     4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" syn: peel, pare
     5: strike against an object; "she stubbed her one's toe in the
        dark and now it's broken" syn: stub, scrape, abrade
     also: skinning, skinned
see also:
tegument cutis rind peel hide pelt 
clamber scramble shin shinny struggle 
sputter scrape bark pare stub 
abrade skinning skinned 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
409 moby thesaurus words for "skin":
   c, c-note, g, g-note, iud, ablate, abrade, abrase, acne,
   acne vulgaris, bag, bark, barrel, bear the palm, beat,
   beat all hollow, beat hollow, beeline, best, bill,
   birth control device, blame, bleed, bleed white, blemish, bloody,
   bone, border, bran, break, buck, bucket, bullet, burn, capsule,
   cartwheel, case, casing, censure, cent, century, chafe, chaff,
   cheapskate, cheat, check, chip, circumference, clad, claw, clip,
   clobber, coat, coating, collop, con man, condemn, condom,
   contraceptive, contraceptive foam, copper, cork, corn shuck,
   cornhusk, cortex, cover, covering, crack, craze, crust,
   cursoriness, cut, cut off, deal, decorticate, defeat, defoliate,
   defrauder, denounce, denude, denunciate, deplume, derma,
   dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, despoil, destroy, diaphragm,
   diddler, dime, disk, dismember, displume, divest, do in, dollar,
   dollar bill, double-dealer, drain, draw and quarter, drub, dry,
   eczema, elephantiasis, enamel, envelope, epicarp, epidermis,
   epithelioma, erase, erode, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem,
   excoriate, exhaust, exploit, exterior, exteriority, external,
   facade, face, facet, facing, fell, feuille, fifty cents, file,
   film, fin, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars,
   five-dollar bill, five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, fix,
   flap, flay, fleece, fleet, flimflammer, foil, fold, four bits,
   fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fringe, frogskin, front, fur, gall,
   gash, gloss, gnaw, gnaw away, gouge, grand, grate, graze, grind,
   gyp, half g, half a c, half dollar, half grand, haste, hasten,
   heat rash, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, hide, highball,
   hives, hold up, hors de combat, hull, hundred-dollar bill, hurt,
   husk, hustle, impetigo, impoverish, incise, incrustation, injure,
   integument, intrauterine device, iron man, itch, jacket,
   jungle rot, knock, lacerate, lacquer, lambaste, lamella, lamina,
   laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lather, leaf, leprosy,
   lichen, lichen primus, lick, lineaments, lupus, lupus vulgaris,
   maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, maul, membrane, mere scratch,
   miliaria, milk, mill, mutilate, nickel, niggard, no depth,
   no water, oral contraceptive, outclass, outdo, outer face,
   outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outfight, outgeneral, outline,
   outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, outside,
   overcharge, overlay, overprice, overtax, paint, palea, pane, panel,
   pare, patina, peel, peeling, pellicle, pelt, pemphigus, penny,
   periphery, pessary, phellum, pick clean, pick to pieces, pierce,
   pinprick, plait, plank, plate, plating, pluck, ply, plywood, pod,
   prickly heat, profiteer, prophylactic, pruigo, pruritus, psora,
   pull apart, pull off, puncture, put, quarter, rap, rasher, rasp,
   raze, red cent, rend, reprehend, reprobate, revetment, rind,
   ringworm, rip, rub away, rub off, rub out, rubber, ruin, run,
   rupture, safety glass, savage, sawbuck, scabies, scald, scale,
   scalp, scorch, scotch, scour, scrape, scratch, screw, scrooge,
   scrub, scuff, scum, settle, shallowness, sharper, shear, sheath,
   sheathing, sheet, shell, shingles, shoaliness, shred, shuck, side,
   siding, silver dollar, skin alive, skin cancer, skinflint, slab,
   slash, slat, slice, slightness, slit, slough, smacker, soak,
   spermicidal jelly, spermicide, sprain, stab, stick, stiff, sting,
   strain, strip, strip bare, suck dry, superficiality, superficies,
   superstratum, surcharge, surface, swindle, table, tablet,
   take apart, take the cake, tear, tear apart, tear to pieces,
   tear to tatters, ten cents, ten-spot, tenner, tetter, the pill,
   thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, thrash, tightwad, top,
   traumatize, trim, triumph, triumph over, triviality, trounce,
   twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill,
   two-spot, undo, varnish, veneer, victimize, wafer, wear, wear away,
   whip, win, worst, wound, wrench, yard





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Scuba Diving Equipment, Scuba Gear for Caribbean Travel Skin Diver Online
...Skin Diver Magazine ... Scuba Diving Equipment, Scuba Gear for Caribbean Travel Skin Diver ... ..
http://www.skin-diver.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:24 pm

Introduction to Skin Cancer
...Skin cancer is more common in people with light colored skin who have ... The most common sign of skin cancer is a change on the skin, such as a ... ..
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SkinTwo.com - The Home Of Skin Two Magazine
...... the Skin Two Rubber Ball Weekend and the Skin Two Expo.. Skin Two IS ... SkinTwo.com is the online home of Skin Two Magazine, the worlds most ... ..
http://www.skintwo.com/, score=98, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:05 pm

Skin Care & Facial Skin Care
...Resources Home. *Skin Care Articles. *Skin Care Ecourse. *Skin Care ... Skin Care Resource Center. Welcome to the Skin Care Resource Center. ... ..
http://www.skin-care-support.org/, score=98, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 1:58 am

Alien Skin Software, LLC
...... Contact Alien Skin :: About Us ©2005 Alien Skin Software, LLC. We will ... Alien Skin product online.. Demo Downloads. Download Alien Skin demos ... ..
http://www.alienskin.com/, score=98, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:26 pm

The Home of SKiN GRAFT Records & Comics
...all content © 2005 respective creators and / or SKiN GRAFT Records and ... SKiN GRAFT Records! Info on Arab On Radar, Quintron, Melt-Banana, U.S ... ..
http://www.skingraftrecords.com/, score=97, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:35 am

Skin Care Products and Tips at SKIN SURE
...Skin Care with Skin Sure: Site features the best range of Skin Care ... care and quality products to take care of your skin problems on this ... ..
http://www.skinsure.com/, score=97, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:41 am

National Skin Center
...Skin Cosmetic Surgeries I. Skin Cosmetic Surgeries II. Skin Diseases ... Laser Skin Re-Surfacing For Wrinkles/Scars In The National Skin Centre ... ..
http://www.nsc.gov.sg/commskin/skin.html, score=96, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 1:18 am

SkinTwo.com - The Home Of Skin Two Magazine
...... the Skin Two Rubber Ball Weekend and the Skin Two Expo.. Skin Two IS ... SkinTwo.com is the online home of Skin Two Magazine, the worlds most ... ..
http://www.skintwo.co.uk/, score=96, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 1:33 am

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