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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIND, n. [Gr.]
The bark of a plant; the skin or coat of fruit that may be pared or peeled off; also, the inner bark of trees.
RIND, v.t. To bark; to decorticate. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German rinda bark, and probably to Old English rendan to rend Date: before 12th century 1. the bark of a tree 2. a usually hard or tough outer layer ; peel, crust <grated lemon rind> • rinded adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rind Rind, v. t. To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rind Rind (r[imac]nd), n. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rinds) 1. The rind of a fruit such as a lemon or orange is its thick outer skin. ...grated lemon rind. N-VAR: usu with supp 2. The rind of cheese or bacon is the hard outer edge which you do not usually eat. Discard the bacon rind and cut each rasher in half. N-VAR: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Skin, peel, bark, husk, hull, shell, glume, outer covering.

Moby Thesaurus

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