2. Verb. (third-person singular of peel) ¹
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Definition of Peels
1. peel [v] - See also: peel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peels
Literary usage of Peels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of the Art of Dyeing: With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by by Claude-Louis Berthollet, Amédée B. Berthollet, Andrew Ure (1824)
"CHAPTER I. Of Walnut peels. IT is known that walnut peels are white interiorly,
... If the internal part of fresh walnut peels be plunged into oxygenated ..."
2. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"Candied Orange or Lemon peels. TAKE either lemon or orange peels well cleaned
from the pulp, and lay them in salt and water for two days; then scald and ..."
3. Manual for the Essence Industry: Comprising the Most Modern Methods for by Erich Walter (1916)
"Method A. — Distillates from Fresh peels The peels of fresh fruits are employed
... Of the lemons and sweet and bitter oranges, the peels of green unripe ..."
4. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1888)
""the Poor, I think, will get up some day, and tell you how improved their condition
is." It seems to me the vainest jangling, this of the peels and Russells ..."
5. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Siege of Border " peels." Collusive arrangement between the Percies and the Scots.
lastly the Prince had been appointed King's Lieutenant of Wales from the ..."