1. (n.) The outer, protective, nonvascular layer of the skin\.

2. (n.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.

blastoderm border circumference corium cortex covering crust cursoriness cutis cutis vera derma dermis ectoblast ectoderm endothelium entoderm envelope epiblast epithelium exterior exteriority external facade face facet fringe front gloss hypodermis integument lineaments mere scratch mesoderm no depth no water outer face outer layer outer side outer skin outline outside pavement epithelium periphery pinprick rind scarfskin scratch shallowness shell shoaliness skin slightness superficiality superficies superstratum surface top triviality true skin veneer