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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PELL, n. [L. pellis.] A skin or hide.
Clerk of the pells, in England, an officer of the exchequer, who enters every teller's bill on the parchment rolls, the roll or receipts and the roll of disbursements.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]