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rind

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

rindn. [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.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Sweetest nut hath sourest rind."  [1913 Webster]
rindv. t. 
     To remove the rind of; to bark.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rind, n. & v.
--n.
1 the tough outer layer or covering of fruit and vegetables, cheese, bacon, etc.
2 the bark of a tree or plant.
--v.tr. strip the bark from.

Derivative
rinded adj. (also in comb.). rindless adj.
Etymology
OE rind(e)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

rind

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.


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