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Chapter L: B. pela, pelum, id.; A. S. pil, moles, acervus

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PELL, _s._ A lazy, lumpish person, S. B.

Teut. _pelle_, a husk.

PELLACK, PELLOCK, _s._ A porpoise.

Gael. _pelog_, id.

_Brand._

PELLOCK, _s._ A bullet.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _pelote_; C. B. _pel_, id.

PELLOTIS, _s. pl._

_Leg. St Androis._

O. Fr. _pelete_, petite peau; Roquef.

PELLOUR, PEILOUR, _s._ A thief.

_Dunbar._

_Pillour_, O. E. Fr. _pilleur_, a ravager.

PELT, _s._ A term of reproach; _Foul pelt_, q. foul _skin_.

_Watson._

PELTIN-POCK, _s._ A _pock_ or bag for guarding the thighs from the _stroke_ given by the _flauchter-spade_, Ang.

PELTRY, PALTRIE, _s._ Vile trash, S.

_Godly Sangs._

Su. G. _paltor_, old rags, Teut. _palt_, a fragment; or _pelt_, a
skin.

PELURE, PILLOUR, _s._ Costly fur.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _pelure_, peau; Roquef.

PENCH, PENCHE, _s._

1. Belly.

_Semple._

2. _Penches_, pl. the common name for tripe, S.

PEND, _s._

1. An arch, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

2. The arch of heaven.

_Chron. S. P._

Lat. _pend-ere_; Fr. _pend-re_.

PENDE, _s._ A pendant.

_Douglas._

PENDICE _of a buckle_, that which receives the one latchet, before the shoe be straitened by means of the other, S.

~Pendle~, _s._ The same.

_Ruddiman._

Fr. _pendille_, that which hangs.

PENDICLE, _s._ A pendant.

_Baillie._

L. B. _pendiclum_, id.

PENDICLE, _s._

1. A small piece of ground, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. A church dependant on another.

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish LanguageChapter L: B. pela, pelum, id.; A. S. pil, moles, acervus

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