Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skinned"

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) 1.7 (wn)

skinned
adj : having the skin scraped off; "skinned knees and scraped
elbows" [syn: {abraded}, {scraped}]


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