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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rind \Rind\ (r[imac]nd), noun [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.
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. --Milton.
Sweetest nut hath sourest rind. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rind \Rind\, verb (used with an object) To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rind
noun
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)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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