skin (v.) Copy link Outline I. To remove the s.II. To cover with a s. • skin (v.): I. To remove the s.: deglūbo, no pf., ptum, 3: to s. a fish, d. piscem, Pl. Poen. 5, 5, 33: more freq. expr. by a phr.: deripere, detrahere alicui pellem, Ov. M. 3, 52: Phaedr. 4, 1, 7: Hor.: com., virgis dorsum depolire, Pl. Epid. 1, 1, 94: v. flay. II. To cover with a s.: Phr.: to s. over a wound, cicatricem inducere, Cels. 7, 28; ducere, Liv. 29, 32; obducere, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; contrahere, Plin. 12, 17, 38: v. scar.