Pelican's foot(Zoöl.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of Europe.

Pelick
(Pel"ick) n. (Zoöl.) The American coot

Pelicoid
(Pel"i*coid) n. See Pelecoid.

Pelicosauria
(||Pel`i*co*sau"ri*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a wooden bowl (but taken to mean, pelvis) + a lizard.] (Paleon.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.

Peliom
(Pe"li*om) n. [See Pelioma.] (Min.) A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.

Pelioma
(||Pe`li*o"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. livid.]

1. (Med.) A livid ecchymosis.

2. (Min.) See Peliom.

Pelisse
(Pe*lisse") n. [F., fr. L. pelliceus, pellicius, made of skins, fr. pellis a skin. Cf. Pelt skin, Pilch, and see 2d Pell.] An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.

Pell
(Pell) v. t. [Cf. Pelt, v. t.] To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] Holland.

Pell
(Pell), n. [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.]

Pellack
(Pel"lack) n. [Cf. Gael. Peileag.] (Zoöl.) A porpoise.

Pellage
(Pell"age) n. [See 2d Pell.] A customs duty on skins of leather.

Pellagra
(Pel"la*gra) n. (Med.) An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.

Pellagrin
(Pel"la*grin) n. One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc.

Pellet
(Pel"let) n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]

1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax paper.

2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon.

As swift as a pellet out of a gun.
Chaucer.

Pellet molding(Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.

Pellet
(Pel"let), v.. To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.

Pelleted
(Pel"let*ed), a. Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." Shak.

act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; — a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity.

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