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Definition of Skinlike
1. resembling skin [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skinlike
Literary usage of Skinlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"... blue satin cravat, hair oiled and curling, daintily curved hat, gloves primrose
in tint, skinlike in tightness, smelling fragrantly of eau de jasmin. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"... blue satin cravat, hair oiled and curling, daintily curved hat, gloves primrose
in tint, skinlike in tightness, smelling fragrantly of eau de jasmin. ..."
3. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"K'owa, 'tegument', 'skin', is applied to any skinlike vegetal growth, as many
kinds of moss and lichen. DISCRIMINATION Small differences in plants are ..."
4. Memoirs of an Ex-minister: An Autobiography by James Howard Harris Malmesbury (1884)
"It was still covered with skinlike parchment, and the features were quite preserved.
The wretched creature had been walled-up evidently alive, ..."
5. Applied Physiology: Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics by Frank Overton (1898)
"Per-i-os'te-um, the tough, skinlike membrane covering the bones, and carrying
their blood tubes. It produces new bone cells and so causes a bone to grow. ..."
6. Applied Physiology: Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics by Frank Overton (1898)
"Mu'cous mem'brane, the skinlike lining of the inside parts of the body which
connect with the air. It lines the passages by which food and air are taken in. ..."
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