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Search phrase: skin

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.ii.26nay, as the pudding to his skin.nay as the pudding to his skin.
As You Like ItAYL IV.ii.11His leather skin and horns to wear.His Leather skin, and hornes to weare:
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.145And tear the stained skin off my harlot brow,And teare the stain'd skin of my Harlot brow, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.13If the skin were parchment and the blows you gave were ink,If yr skin were parchment, & ye blows you gaue were ink, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.18goes in the calf's skin that was killed for the prodigal.goes in the calues-skin, that was kil'd for the Prodigall: 
HamletHam III.iv.148It will but skin and film the ulcerous placeIt will but skin and filme the Vlcerous place,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.3skin hangs about me like an old lady's loose gown. I amskinne hangs about me like an olde Ladies loose Gowne: I am
Henry VH5 IV.iii.93The man that once did sell the lion's skinThe man that once did sell the Lyons skin
Henry VH5 V.i.51Nay, pray you throw none away, the skin is good forNay, pray you throw none away, the skinne is good for
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.77Is he a lamb? His skin is surely lent him,Is he a Lambe? his Skinne is surely lent him,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.300Show me one scar charactered on thy skin;Shew me one skarre, character'd on thy Skinne,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.ii.23He shall have the skin of our enemies to makeHee shall haue the skinnes of our enemies, to make
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.ii.74thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should bething, that of the skin of an innocent Lambe should be
King JohnKJ III.i.129And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs.And hang a Calues skin on those recreant limbes.
King JohnKJ III.i.220Hang nothing but a calf's-skin, most sweet lout.Hang nothing but a Calues skin most sweet lout.
King JohnKJ IV.iii.80Not till I sheathe it in a murderer's skin.Not till I sheath it in a murtherers skin.
King LearKL III.iv.7Invades us to the skin; so 'tis to thee.Inuades vs to the skin so: 'tis to thee,
MacbethMac II.iii.109His silver skin laced with his golden blood,His Siluer skinne, lac'd with His Golden Blood,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.1What wouldst thou have, boor? What, thickskin?What wouldst thou haue? (Boore) what? (thick skin)
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.255And there the snake throws her enamelled skin,And there the snake throwes her enammel'd skinne,
Much Ado About NothingMA III.v.12as the skin between his brows.as the skin betweene his browes.
OthelloOth V.ii.4Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,Nor scarre that whiter skin of hers, then Snow,
Richard IIR2 III.iv.58Do wound the bark, the skin of our fruit trees,And wound the Barke, the skin of our Fruit-trees,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.174Because his painted skin contents the eye?Because his painted skin contents the eye.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.46The next gloves that I give her shall be dogskin!The next gloves that I give her shall be dog skin;

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.94 Like unshorn velvet, on that termless skin Like vnshorne veluet, on that termlesse skin
The Rape of LucreceLuc.419 Her azure veins, her alabaster skin, Her azure vaines, her alablaster skinne,

Glossary

 22 result(s).
anatomybody, skeleton, skin and bones
apple-johnkind of apple with a shrivelled skin [associated with midsummer (St John's) day]
barrennessarea [of skin] worn dry and bare
bracedwith tightened skin, stretched
caseskin, hide, coat
caseflay, skin
chaps, chopscrack in the skin, fissure
dewlapfolds of loose skin hanging about the neck
dewlappedwith folds of loose skin around the throat
elf-skinshrunken thing, mere nothing
fellskin, hide
leather-coatrusset apple [with a rough skin]
poxvenereal disease; also: plague, or any other disease displaying skin pustules
serpigotype of spreading skin disease
sheepskin[descriptive of a] drum [the skin of a sheep being used for the making of drumheads]
skincover up, cover with skin
skin-coatcoat made of skin, hide
sloughouter skin
tenchtype of freshwater fish [with red spots on its skin]
tetterscaly eruption of the skin, scurf
tettercover the skin with scabs
woolwardwearing wool next to the skin

Thesaurus

 24 result(s).
coat made of skinskin-coat
cover the skin with scabstetter
crack in the skinchaps, chops
folds of loose skin around the throat, withdewlapped
neck, loose skin folds hanging about thedewlap
outer skinslough
scabs, cover the skin withtetter
scaly eruption of the skintetter
skincase
skincase
skinfell
skin and bonesanatomy
skin diseaseserpigo
skin folds hanging about the neckdewlap
skin, coat made ofskin-coat
skin, cover withskin
skin, cover with scabstetter
skin, crack in thechaps, chops
skin, outerslough
skin, scaly eruption of thetetter
skin, with tightened braced
throat, with folds of loose skin around the dewlapped
wearing wool next to the skinwoolward
wool next to the skin, wearing woolward

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Words Families

 12 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SKINBASICskin n, skin v, skinny adj
SKINANIMALcalf's-skin n, dogskin n, eel-skin n, sheepskin n, sow-skin adj
SKINCLOTHINGskin-coat n
SKINPEOPLEelf-skin n, thickskin n
SKINNYBASICsee SKIN

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