SKIN
—none. 1 flexible covering of a body. 2 a skin of a flayed animal with or without the hair etc. B material prepared from skins. 3 complexion of the skin. 4 outer layer or covering, esp of a fruit, sausage, etc. 5 film like skin on a liquid etc. 6 container for liquid, made of an animal`s skin. 7 slang skinhead. —verb. (-nn-) 1 remove the skin from. 2 graze (part of the body). 3 slang swindle. ? be skin and bone be very thin. By (or with) the skin of one`s teeth by a very narrow margin. Get under a person`s skin colloq. Interest or annoy a person intensely. Have a thick (or thin) skin be insensitive (or sensitive). No skin off one`s nose colloq of no consequence to one. ? skinless adjective. [old norse]