Cū'ti-cle, n.

(kū'tĭ-kl), n. [Lat. cuticula, diminutive of cutis, skin; Fr. cuticule.]

1. A thin, transparent, dry membrane, devoid of nerves and vessels, which covers all the surface of the body, except the parts which correspond to the nails; the scarf-skin; epidermis. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) The thin, external covering of the bark of a plant.
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of liquor.