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PELT'ED, pp. Struck with something thrown or driven.
PELT'ATELY, adv. In the form of a target.
PELT'ATE PELT'ATED, a. [L. pelta, a target.] In botany, having the shape of a ta...
PELT, n. [L. pellis.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on it; a raw hide. 2....
PELLUCID'ITY PELLU'CIDNESS, n. Perfect clearness; transparency; as the pellucidi...
PELLU'CID, a. [L. pellucidus; per and lucidus; very bright. See Light .] Perfect...
PEL'LITORY, n. [L. parietaria, the wall plant, from paries.] The name of several...
PEL'LICLE, n. [L.pellicula, dim. of pellis, skin.] A thin skin or film. 1. Among...
PEL'LETED, a. Consisting of bullets.
PEL'LET, n. [L. pila, a ball.] A little ball; as a pellet of wax or lint. 1. A b...
PELL, n. [L. pellis.] A skin or hide. Clerk of the pells, in England, an officer...
PELISSE, n. pelee's. [L. pellis,skin.] Originally, a furred robe or coat. but th...
PE'LIOM, n. [Gr. black color.] A mineral, a variety of iolite.
PEL'ICAN, n. [Low L. pelicanus.] 1. A fowl of the genus Pelicanus. It is larger ...
PELF, n. [probably allied to pilfer.] Money; riches; but it often conveys the id...
PEL'AGIC, a. [L. pelagus, the sea.] Pertaining to the sea; as pelagian shells. P...