unˈpeeled, ppl. a.
(un-2 9.)
In Shakes. L.L.L. ii. 88 the Quarto has unpeeled for unpeopled of the Folio.
| 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 360/2 Take vn⁓peeled Barlye,..and Misleden of Abiete,..with his leaues. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Apricock-tree, Those [apricots] that are over-ripe, whether peeled or unpeeled. 1750 G. Hughes Barbados 182 If this unripe fruit [of the Papaw] when un⁓peeled is boiled. 1814 Southey Roderick xviii. 127 He..held a natural cross Of rudest form, unpeel'd, even as it grew On the near oak that morn. 1887 C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Africa 361 Peeled Colocynth, and Mogador or Un⁓peeled Colocynth. |