rinde

Noun (1)

rind (plural rinds)

1. Tree bark.
2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.
   • cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind
3. (figuratively, rare, uncountable, usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
   • "I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 218

Noun (2)

rind (plural rinds)

1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

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