"pell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pell.wav Forms: pells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pellis||animal skin, pelt}} Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*pelnis}} Proto-Italic *pelnis, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pel-|*pel-ni-}} Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni- Head templates: {{en-noun}} pell (plural pells)
  1. A fur or hide.
    Sense id: en-pell-en-noun-i9qQ8j9K
  2. A lined cloak or its lining.
    Sense id: en-pell-en-noun-mikEOyOV
  3. A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment. Categories (topical): Hides
    Sense id: en-pell-en-noun-Qsf~B4cp Disambiguation of Hides: 8 3 54 3 14 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 64 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 1 1 3 39 5 12 8 5 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 1 1 2 46 3 13 5 4 21
  4. (Sussex) A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
    Sense id: en-pell-en-noun-GDWKToyW Categories (other): Sussex English
  5. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.
    Sense id: en-pell-en-noun-emcedqyL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clerk of the pells Related terms: fell, pelisse, pellage, pellagra, pellicle, pelt, peltry
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pell.wav Forms: pells [present, singular, third-person], pelling [participle, present], pelled [participle, past], pelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-verb}} pell (third-person singular simple present pells, present participle pelling, simple past and past participle pelled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To pelt; to knock about. Tags: obsolete, transitive Related terms: pell-mell
    Sense id: en-pell-en-verb-NRP94Qk2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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