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