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peel [pēl]
1. the outer covering of something.
2. to remove such an outer covering.
chemical peel chemabrasion.
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The Peel Towers are ancient structures that were built along the borders of England and Scotland.
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Mind you it must have been a lively spot, at one time, judging by the number of Peel Towers and Bastles and them much needed with the Scottish Border only a mile or two away and is bristling with Grahams, Elliots and Armstrongs and other merry thieves (I speak historically of course) but, after all, the `lifting' of livestock and `insight' was a perfectly respectable form of employment on the Border in those days.
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