Meanings
nounskinne (countable and uncountable, plural skinnes)
plural skinnes
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of skin.
Can the Ethiopian change his ſkinne? or the leopard his ſpots?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 13:23, column 12 more examples
Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
1624, Iohn [i.e., John] Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, →OCLCVVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]
1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso
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skinne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinne
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“skinne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinne. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skinne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinne.
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