Rind

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind
         With all thy charms, although this corporal rind
         Thou hast immanacled.                    --Milton.
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         Sweetest nut hath sourest rind.          --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rind \Rind\, v. t.
   To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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