Unskin

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the skin from. transitive

    "We continue to unskin the neck, and pass the head from within the skin, with the help of a scalpel. We unskin the head as far as the end of the nose, taking care to cut the ears as near as possible to the skull; […]"

Synonyms

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skin

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"We continue to unskin the neck, and pass the head from within the skin, with the help of a scalpel. We unskin the head as far as the end of the nose, taking care to cut the ears as near as possible to the skull; […]"

Etymology

From un- + skin.

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