SKINS
Noun
skins
plural of skin
Verb
skins
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skin
Anagrams
• Sinks, sinks
Source: Wiktionary
SKIN
Skin, n. Etym: [Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS.
scinn, G. schined to skin.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The external membranous integument of an animal.
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.
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.
3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
"Skins of wine." Tennyson.
4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits
and plants.
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. 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 (Zoรถl.), 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.
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.
2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover
superficially.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.
3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
Skin, v. i.
1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition