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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Skin

Skĭn, n.

noun

[A-S. scinn, Icel. & Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, O. L. Ger. schin, schinn.]

Sense 1. (Physiol.) The external membranous envelope of animal bodies.

☞ In man, the skin is composed of two layers: the corium, cutis vera, or true skin, and the epidermis, cuticle, or scarf-skin. The true skin is composed of white, fibrous tissue, which is prolonged internally into the subcutaneous areolar tissue, and is condensed externally into an homogeneous expansion, which is thrown into countless elevations, called papillæ. The epidermis consists of separate and distinct cells, of which those of the inner layer are spherical, or polyhedral by mutual pressure, and contain the pigment granules; while those of the outer layer are metamorphosed into scales, and are more adherent.

Sense 2. The skin of an animal separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; a hide; a pelt.

Sense 3. The body; the person;—in ludicrous language. L'Estrange.

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

Sense 5. (Naut.) (a.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. Totten. (b.) The sides and bottom of a ship, especially of an iron one.

Skĭn, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SKINNED; p. pr. & vb. n. SKINNING.]

Sense 1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel.

Sense 2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; to cover superficially.

It does but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.

Skĭn, v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To be covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.

Sense 2. To produce, in recitation or other school exercise, the work of another for one's own;—in colloquial use in the schools and colleges of the United States.