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rind(1) (iou) and lagetto (iou)


rind(1) (iou)



rind noun1 & verb.
[Old English rind, rinde, corresp. to Old Saxon rinda, Middle Dutch rinde, rende, runde (Dutch run), Old High German rinta, rinda (German Rinde), of unkn. origin.]
A. noun.
The (outer) bark of a tree or plant. Also (now rare), a piece of bark. OE.
b. Botany. The hard outer layer of a rhizomorph or Other part of a fungus. L19.
The tough outer layer or covering of something; spec. (a) the peel or skin of a fruit or vegetable (now esp. of a citrus fruit); (b) the outer crust of a cheese; (c) the skin of a person or animal (now esp. of bacon). OE.
She Steep six blackcurrant leaves..with the rind of half a lemon.
b. The edge or rim of something; the border of a country or piece of land. obsolete exc. Scot. M16.
c. A membrane, a pellicle; esp. (a) the pia mater; (b) the peritoneum. L16-L17.
fig. The external or superficial aspect of something, as opp. to its inner or true Nature. OE.
Coleridge No dullard, But one that strips the outward rind of things.
b. A person's body or outward appearance. rare. LME.
c. Impudence, effrontery. Cf. CRUST noun 9. slang. E20.
Comb.: rind graft = crown graft s.v. CROWN noun.
b. verb trans. Remove the rind from; spec. strip the bark from (a tree). LME.
rinded adjective having a rind, esp. of a specified kind M16.
rindless adjective (esp. of bacon) having no rind ME.
rindy adjective having a tough rind E18.

lagetto (iou)



lagetto noun. W. Indies. Pl. -os. L17.
[Amer. Spanish lageto.]
The lace-bark tree, Lagetta lagetto.