PELLS

Etymology

Proper noun

Pells

A surname.

Anagrams

• Spell, spell

Noun

pells

plural of pell

Anagrams

• Spell, spell

Source: Wiktionary


PELL

Pell, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Pelt, v. t.]

Definition: To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] Holland.

Pell, n. Etym: [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.]

1. A skin or hide; a pelt.

2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record. Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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