Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rind

Rind (rīnd) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon rind bark, crust of bread; akin to Old High German rinta, German rinde, and probably to English rand, rim; compare Sanskrit ram to end, rest.]

The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. — Milton
Sweetest nut hath sourest rind. — Shakespeare

Rind , transitive verb

To remove the rind of; to bark. [Rare]