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Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork. For the first time in his life he tested crackling. Lamb.

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.

A mill for grinding tin ore.

or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil. [R.] Farindon.

send away from service; to dismiss. Discharge the common sort With pay and thanks. Shak. Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. Milton.

To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.

A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.

A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in…

e elephant. [Obs.] Dryden. Elephant apple (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange. -- Elephant bed (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell. -- Elephant beetle (Zoöl.), any very large…