Peel (3)
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.But govern ill the nations under yoke,Peeling t...
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Peel (4)
Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Peeled (pēld); 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. ...
Peel (5)
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.
Peel (6)
Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
Peele
Pee″le (pē″lē̍), n.(Zoöl.) 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, slend...
Peeler
Peel″er (pēl″ẽr), n. One who peels or strips.
Peeler (2)
Peel″er, n. [See Peel to plunder.] A pillager.
Peeler (3)
Peel″er, n. A nickname for a policeman; — so called from Sir Robert Peel. See Bobby.
Peelhouse
Peel″house′ (?), n. See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott.
Peen
Peen (?), n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The s...
Peen (2)
Peen, v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
Peenge
Peenge (?), v. i. To complain.
Peep
Peep (pēp), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Peeped (pēpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Peeping.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, pépier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses ...
Peep (2)
Peep (pēp), n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.2. First outlook or appearance.Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. Gray.3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, o...
Peep sight
Peep sight. An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; — distinguished from an open sight.
Peeper
Peep″er (?), n. 1. A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.2. One who peeps; a prying person; a spy.Who's there? peepers,... eavesdroppers? J. Webster.3. The eye; as, to...
Peephole
Peep″hole′ (?), n. A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.
Peeping hole
Peep″ing hole′. See Peephole.
Peepul tree
Pee″pul tree′ (pē″pŭl trē′). [Hind. pīpal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age....
Peer
Peer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Peered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.] 1. To come in sight; to appear.So h...
Peer (2)
Peer, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf. Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire.] 1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a m...
Peer (3)
Peerv. t. To make equal in rank. Heylin.
Peer (4)
Peerv. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal.
Peerage
Peer″age (?), n. [See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage.] 1. The rank or dignity of a peer. Blackstone.2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.When Charlemain with all his ...
Peerdom
Peer″dom (?), n. Peerage; also, a lordship.
Peeress
Peer″ess, n. The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.
Peerie
{ Peer″ie, Peer″y } (?), a. [See 1st Peer, 2.] Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. “Two peery gray eyes.” Sir W. Scott.