Meaning of Rind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.
2. tree bark
3. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
4. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
   figuratively, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Sweetest nut hath sourest rind.”

“Thou canst not touch⟳ the freedom of my mind⟳ / With all thy charms, although this corporal rind / Thou hast immanacled.”

Comus

“"I'm hanged if I know⟳ how you've got the immortal rind to come⟳ at me with a yarn like⟳ this."”

“Taking the money from a man when he's got his pants down. What are you, a doctor or a tailor's tout? Thirty bucks! If I figured you'd have⟳ the rind to touch⟳ me that much I'd have⟳ lashed them up with a pair of braces!”

“April 9, 1940. Then one of our RAF customers had the rind to suggest⟳ that ‘you women ought to give⟳ up smoking for the duration you know⟳’. This, when they have⟳ the alternative of smoking pipes which is not open⟳ to us, …”

““Oh?” she said. “So you have⟳ decided to revise⟳ my guest list for me? You have⟳ the nerve, the – the –” I saw⟳ she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have⟳ in my house.” It should have⟳ been “whom”, but I let⟳ it go. “You have⟳ the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit⟳ it was stronger, “to tell⟳ me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.””

“[About a football match⟳.] Come⟳ the second half and the Trinidadians and Tobagans had the immortal rind to make⟳ excursions into the England half, the spectacle of which was deeply offensive to those whose memories extend⟳ to those happy days before 1962, when independence was unwisely conferred on this archipelago. Back in those days, a game like⟳ this would have⟳ presented little anxiety. Any goals scored by the Trinidadians, or Tobagans for that matter⟳, would have⟳ been instantly become⟳ the property of the Crown and therefore added to England's tally. Glad times – 22 men working together for a common aim. However, such is the insolence of the modern age that these dark fellows dared approach⟳ the England penalty box, forelocks untugged, as if demanding instant entry to the Garrick club without having been put⟳ up by existing members.”

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