peel

Definitions

1. 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. 2.To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc called?
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• What is the skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange called?