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peeling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peel  \Peel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Peeled};  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. 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peeling 
  adj  :  having  the  paint  loose  and  peeling  away  "a  dilapidated 
  house  with  peeling  paint";  "peeling  row  houses" 




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