From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peeled} (p[=e]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Peeling}.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip,
to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair;
or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr.
L. pellis skin (cf. {Fell} skin). Cf. {Peruke}.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
peeled \peeled\ (p[=e]ld) adj.
Naked; -- used informally.
Syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in
the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peeled
adj 1: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-
assed}, {bare-ass}, {in the altogether}, {in the buff},
{in the raw}, {raw}, {peeled}, {naked as a jaybird},
{stark naked}]
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