Peel (pēl), n. [OE. pel. Cf. Pile a heap.] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
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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.]
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But govern ill the nations under yoke,
Peeling their provinces. Milton.
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Peel, v. i. 1. 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.
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2. To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down . [nformal]
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