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Cuticle   /kjˈutəkəl/  /kjˈutɪkəl/   Listen
Cuticle

noun
1.
The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
2.
The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates.  Synonym: epidermis.
3.
Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.  Synonyms: carapace, shell, shield.





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"Cuticle" Quotes from Famous Books



... epidermis or cuticle. This covering is extremely light, and offers nothing remarkable; 100 lb. of wheat contain ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 275 • Various
... expressive of the true character of the Cow Pox, as it commonly appears upon the hand, that I have given a representation of it in the annexed plate. The two small pustules on the wrists arose also from the application of the virus to some minute abrasions of the cuticle, but the livid tint, if they ever had any, was not conspicuous at the time I saw the patient. The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage. It did not actually appear on the hand ...
— An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae • Edward Jenner
... tell you what it is, boys," said he at length, "if ever you catch me going on an expedition of this sort again, flay me alive—that's all; don't spare me. Pull off the cuticle as if it were a glove; and if I roar don't ...
— Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader - A Tale of the Pacific • R. M. Ballantyne
... the stone called aqua marina. One of the arms had been taken off a little above the elbow; the flesh at the end of the stump appeared bloodless, and bleached to the colour of the skin; and limpets and other kinds of small shell-fish lay on or adhered to the cuticle. My feelings recoil from the recollections of the horrors of that apparition; and I fear I may incur the charge of endeavouring to produce an effect by the vulgar mode of harassing the mind with a minute description, too ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various
... the inhabitants were clothed in robes of bongo, a species of cloth made from the delicate cuticle of palm leaflets, which are stripped off and ornamented with feathers. These are woven very neatly, many of them are striped, and some made even with check pattern. The pieces of cloth are then stitched together in a regular way with needles, also manufactured ...
— The Two Supercargoes - Adventures in Savage Africa • W.H.G. Kingston


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