The skin of the body; esp. (now dialect) the rind of pork or bacon. †head sward n. the scalp.

Human skin. Also figurative. In later use only as an extended use of sense 1. Obsolete.

The human skin. (Since 17th cent. contemptuous or jocular.)

Skin; now only slang exc. spec., the skin on the ear-flap of a dog. to lose leather; to suffer abrasion of skin. Also, †a bag or pouch of skin.

The layer of tissue forming the external covering of the body in vertebrates. Also (as a count noun): the skin of an individual person or animal…

The skin of a person. Now rare (English regional in later use).

Skin, rind; figurative the surface, outside.

= sward, n. 1 2.

transferred. Covering (in quot. 1480 = skin).

slang (chiefly humorous or depreciative). A person's skin. Esp. in to smoke (also claw, curry) the skin coat of: to flog, beat, tan the hide of. Obs…

A covering or skin of any kind, esp. a snake's skin. Also in extended use. English regional in later use.

The visible surface of the body, with reference to its colour or appearance. Cf. flesh-colour, n.

The human skin, esp. when bare. Now chiefly Irish English.

That with which anything is covered, enclosed, or clothed; a covering, investment, coating. spec. The natural covering or investment of the body, or…

dialect and slang. The (human) skin.

the external integument, whether bony or calcified, as in some animals, or leathery as in others; also figurative.