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peel | speel |

As a proper noun peel

is a town on the isle of man.

As a verb speel is

(dialect|scottish and northern english) to climb.

As a noun speel is

(dialect) a splinter; a strip of wood or metal.

peel

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove the skin or outer covering of.
    • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
  • To remove from the outer or top layer of.
    • I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
    We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
  • To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
    • I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
  • To remove one's clothing.
    • The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
  • To move, separate (off or away)
    • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
    Synonyms
    * (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, strip
    Derived terms
    * peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peeler

    Noun

  • The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
  • The action of peeling away from a formation.
  • (label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
    • Synonyms
    * (skin of a fruit) rind, zest
    Derived terms
    * orange peel * peel strength

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A stake.
  • (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
  • (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
    • Derived terms
    * peel-house, peelhouse * peel-tower

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
  • A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
  • (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.

    • Etymology 4

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
  • (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

    • Etymology 5

    Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

    • Etymology 6

    Misspelling of peal.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • : to sound loudly.
  • * 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,
    • Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
  • * 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
    • The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
  • * 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
    • As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .

    Etymology 7

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
  • * Milton
    • But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.

    See also

    * peel out English eponyms English terms with multiple etymologies

    speel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb.
  • * 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie'', ''The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c. , Glasgow, page 218,
    • This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
  • * 1841 , Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman'', ''Chambers? Edinburgh Journal , Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94,
    • They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a?.
  • * 1860 , Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde , Glasgow, page 255,
    • There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.
  • To talk at length, to spiel.
  • * 1972 , Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist , page 91,
    • Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling . Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence.
  • * 1973 , Irene Baird, Waste Heritage , Macmillan of Canada, page 262,
    • “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night.”
  • (dialect, Australia) To run.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.
  • (chiefly, South Africa) A story; a spiel.
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