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Speeled vs Peeled - What's the difference?

speeled | peeled |

As verbs the difference between speeled and peeled

is that speeled is past tense of speel while peeled is past tense of peel.

As an adjective peeled is

with the outermost layer removed.

speeled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (speel)

    • 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.
    • ----

    peeled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • With the outermost layer removed.
    • The peeled fruit quickly turned brown.
    He stir the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.

    Derived terms

    * keep one's eyes peeled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (peel)