Definitions
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- noun The
inmost layer ofskin ; thecutis .
Etymologies
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Examples
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May. 20th, 2010 04: 33 pm (UTC) 'The reptilian underskin?
"I used to be somebody. Now I'm somebody else." greygirlbeast 2010
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I now have a red circle of boiled underskin braceleting my wrist, right above my hand.
In Which I Cry Ouch raecarson 2008
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The surface underskin, a flashing foil above, dims as his ashen absence descends.
Overboard 2009
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The paraconducting underskin gave its usual stutter of protest; and abruptly, the stars vanished from the viewscreens.
Angelmass Zahn, Timothy 2001
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Thirty-eight seconds later, with a metallic stutter of stress from the paraconducting underskin, the stars abruptly disappeared from the viewscreens.
Angelmass Zahn, Timothy 2001
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His palms slipped along the soft underskin of the cow.
Plain Truth JODI PICOULT 2000
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His palms slipped along the soft underskin of the cow.
Plain Truth JODI PICOULT 2000
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His palms slipped along the soft underskin of the cow.
Plain Truth JODI PICOULT 2000
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So 1 scratched and tore again and this underskin peeled off beautifully and out I stepped and left it lying beside the other one and went down to the well for my bathe.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lewis, C. S. 1952
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