Peel — Defs

01 n. A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

02 n. A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and…

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A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.

03 v. t. To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

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To plunder; to pillage; to rob.[Obs.]
“But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces.” — Milton.

04 v. t. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to pe…

imp. & p. p. Peeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling

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To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
“The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.” — Shak.
2.
To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

05 v. i. To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or r…

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To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.
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To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down .[nformal]

06 n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.