Definition of peel

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Peel (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

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Skin :: Skin (v. t.) To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal..
Decorticate :: Decorticate (v. t.) To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull..
Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..
Desquamate :: Desquamate (v. i.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases..
Shellbark :: Shellbark (n.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark..
Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection..
Peeled :: Peeled (imp. & p. p.) of Pee.
Peeling :: Peeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pee.
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..
Pill :: Pill (v. i.) To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
Peel :: Peel (n.) The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange..
Orangeat :: Orangeat (n.) Candied orange peel; also, orangeade..
Delibrate :: Delibrate (v. t.) To strip off the bark; to peel.
Peelhouse :: Peelhouse (n.) See 1st Peel.
Zest :: Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything..
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like..
Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..
Peel :: 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..
Curacoa :: Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao..
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