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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skin  \Skin\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Skinned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Skinning}.] 
  1.  To  strip  off  the  skin  or  hide  of  to  flay;  to  peel;  as  to 
  skin  an  animal. 
 
  2.  To  cover  with  skin,  or  as  with  skin;  hence  to  cover 
  superficially. 
 
  It  will  but  skin  and  film  the  ulcerous  place 
  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  strip  of  money  or  property;  to  cheat.  [Slang] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skinned 
  adj  :  having  the  skin  scraped  off  "skinned  knees  and  scraped 
  elbows"  [syn:  {abraded},  {scraped}] 




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