Reverse Dictionary: SKIN

ADJECTIVES
► BLACK AS THE ACE OF SPADES very black or dark; of a person: having very dark skin → 1817 colloq., now usually offensive
► BLACK-FAVOURED of dark or grimy complexion → 1843 Ireland
► BRIGHT of the complexion, skin, etc.: having a healthy glow; fair and rosy-cheeked → c1250 obs.
► CARNATION flesh-coloured → 1565-78 obs.
► CARNATIONED flesh-coloured → 1649 obs.
► CARNEOUS flesh-coloured, pale red → 1673 obs.
► COCOBAY having a skin covered in repulsive sores → 20C W. Indies sl.
► COLOR-STRUCK conceited, vain, or egotistical because of the colour of one’s skin; preferring light-skinned to dark-skinned people → 1934 Amer. dial.
► DAMBLACK extremely dark-skinned → 1930s African-American sl.
► DUSKY ethnically dark-skinned, esp. Black or Aboriginal → 1827
► HALE-SKINNT having a whole skin without sores or disease → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HASTERED having the skin roughened by contact with the weather, or disease → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAZLED rough, chapped like the skin in frosty weather → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RED light-skinned → 1920s African-American sl.
► RED-ASS light-skinned → 1920s African-American sl.
► RED-SKINNED light-skinned → 1920s African-American sl.
► SALLOW of the skin or complexion: having a sickly yellow or brownish yellow colour → a1000
► SCRAN’D of the skin: chapped → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPREATHED of skin: cracked, rough, or sore, as a result of exposure to cold or damp; chapped → 1825 Eng. dial.
► VERSIPELLOUS having the faculty of changing the skin → 1650 obs.

​NOUNS
► BARE a naked part of the body; the bare skin → c1300 obs.
► BARK the skin, epidermis → 1727 Eng. dial.
► BARNEY-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles → 1746 Eng. dial.
► BARN-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles → 1746 Eng. dial.
► BLIPE ► BLYPE a shred of skin when it peels off; a lump → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUFF the skin → 1654 colloq.
► CABAROUSE a thickening or hardening of the skin → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CARNATION the colour of human ‘flesh’ or skin; flesh-colour → c1535 obs.
► CASELINGS the skins of animals that die by accident or any violent death → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CREEPING CRUD a variety of skin diseases; any skin disorder → World War II US military usage
► DEAD MAN’S PINCHES small discoloured marks on the skin; black and blue spots on one’s skin that one cannot account for → 1883 Ireland & Amer. dial.
► DERMATOPATHOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of skin disease → 1991 (Bk.)
► DERMATOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of skin disease → 1991 (Bk.)
► DERMATOSIOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of skin disease → 1991 (Bk.)
► DUDLEY (MOORE) a sore; hence, any kind of uncomfortable skin condition → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► EFFLORESCENCE colour developed on the skin, either in the ordinary course of nature, or as the result of disease → 1646 obs.
► ENAMEL skin → 1940s African-American sl.
► FAIRFLE a skin eruption; a state of itch → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FARACK ► FARRACK a small mark on the skin → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FURFURATION the shedding of the skin in small branny particles → 1706
► GNAT BREAD decayed skin tissue → 1944 Amer. dial.
► GNAT BUTTER decayed skin tissue → 1908 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE-SKIN the wrinkled and colourless skin of the hands, caused by being long in water → 1912 Amer. dial.
► HACK a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost → 1808 Sc.
► HAME skin → c1000 obs.
► HAZLE the dried appearance presented by the skin before it chaps → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HIDE the skin → a1000, jocular usage
► HIDE AND HUE skin and complexion; the visible outer part of the body →  obs.
► JACKET the human skin → 17C sl.
► LAP a fold of flesh or skin; occasionally, the female pudendum → 1398 obs.
► LEATHER skin → 1303
► NAKED, THE the naked skin → a1400-50 obs.
► PAINT JOB one’s skin colour → 1971 US sl.
► PASSION BITE a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION BLISTER a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION BUMP a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION KISS a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION MARK a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION PIMPLE a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PASSION SPOT a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PELT the human skin → 17C Eng. dial. & jocular usage
► SCOWDER the skin frayed with heat and friction during violent exercise → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SEVEN-YEAR ITCH any skin condition that causes chronic itching; an itch supposed to last for seven years → 1854 Amer. dial.
► SKIN-COAT a person’s skin → 1589 obs.
► SKIN-FLICK a slide used by a dermatologist to illustrate diseases during teaching rounds → 1980 US sl.
► SKIN GAME the science of dermatology → 1980 US sl.
► TETTER any kind of skin disease or itching caused by eczema, ringworm, poison ivy, etc. → 1737 Amer. dial.
► VERA (LYNN) skin → 1940s rhyming sl.
► WARISH hard skin, a callosity, a callous → 1570 obs.

​NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKRA NIGGER a light-skinned person and, as such, one who is despised → 19C W. Indies sl.
► BLACK BOY a dark-skinned boy or youth → 1530
► BLACK FELLOW a man having a black or very dark skin → 1738
► DARKEE ► DARKEY ► DARKIE ► DARKY an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait → 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive
► FAIR a person with fair hair or light skin → 1771
► FAIRSKIN a light-skinned person → 1842
► GIPSIE ► GIPSY ► GYPSY a woman with dark skin, eyes or hair → 1612 obs.
► MOKE a dark-skinned person of any race → 1871 Amer. sl., usually contemptuous & offensive
► RED a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black → 1920s W. Indies sl.
► RED-SKIN a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black → 1920s W. Indies sl.
► SHEENY a person with dark skin, often of Mediterranean origin → 1932 UK sl., derogatory
► TANLING one tanned by the sun’s rays; a dark-skinned person → 1611
► TANNY a dark-complexioned (tawny) person → 1880 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VELVET any dark-skinned woman → 1956 Aust. sl.
► ZIT DOCTOR a dermatologist → 1985 US teen sl. 

VERBS
► CASE to strip of the skin, to skin → 1601 obs.
► HACK of the skin: to chap or crack; to make or become rough → c1779 Sc.
► RAGGLE to scrape or tear the skin → 1808 Sc.