Difference between skin and umiak

Definitions

noun

1. an outer surface (usually thin)
2. a person's skin regarded as their life
3. body covering of a living animal
4. a person whose head is bald or shaved
5. the rind of a fruit or vegetable

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verb

1. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
2. remove the bark of a tree
3. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
4. strip the skin off

Examples

Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.

So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie).

But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.

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