Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered
accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]
Pel"lack (?), n. [Cf. Gael. Peileag.] (Zoˆl.) A porpoise.
Pell"age (pl"j), n. [See 2d Pell.] A customs duty on skins of leather.
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Pel"la*gra (pl"l*gr), n. (Med.) An erythematous affection of the skin,
with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern
Italy.
Pel"la*grin (?), n. One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's
Encyc.
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.