peel
11Peel — Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange. [1913 Webster] …
12Peel — Peel, v. t. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See {Pill} to rob, {Pillage}.] To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
13peel — ► VERB 1) remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.). 2) (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces. ► NOUN ▪ the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable. DERIVATIVES …
14Peel — Peel, 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 readily. [1913 Webster] …
15Peel — Peel, n. [OE. pel. Cf. {Pile} a heap.] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …
16Peel — Peel, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.] 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,… …
17Peel [2] — Peel (spr. Pihl), 1) William, früher Kattundrucker zu Blackburn in Lancashire, errichtete in dem bei Blackburn gelegenen Dorfe Brookside eine Baumwollenspinnerei (vielleicht die älteste in England). 2) Robert, dritter Sohn des Vor., geb. 25.… …
18Peel [4] — Peel (spr. pīl), 1) Sir Robert, brit. Staatsmann, ältester Sohn des Großindustriellen Baronet Sir Robert P., geb. 5. Febr. 1788 zu Chamber Hall bei Bury in Lancashire, gest. 2. Juli 1850, ausgebildet in Harrow und Oxford, trat 1809 ins Parlament… …
19peel — (v.) to strip off, developed from O.E. pilian to peel, and O.Fr. pillier, both from L. pilare to strip of hair, from pilus hair. Probably also influenced by L. pellis skin, hide. The noun is 1580s, from earlier pill, pile (late 14c.), from the… …
20peel# — peel vb *skin, decorticate, pare, flay peel n *skin, bark, rind, hide, pelt …
