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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Rind

/(rīnd)/ · IPA /ɹaɪnd/
01 n. The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To remove the rind of; to bark.
  1. 1.
    To remove the rind of; to bark.[R.]