peeled

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peeled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (p[=e]ld); 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. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr.
     L. pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
     1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by
        drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to
        flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
        of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

  peeled \peeled\ (p[=e]ld) adj.
     Naked; -- used informally.
  
     Syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in
          the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked.
          [WordNet 1.5]

peeled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  peeled
      adj 1: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-  assed
             , bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff,
             in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird,
             stark naked]