pell2+ (pel)

t. [ For well I wat I saw them run, Both south and north, when they begun To pell and mell, and kill and fell, With muskets snell, and pistols knell, And some to hell. Battle of Sheriff- Muir (Child's Ballads, VII. 260). An obsolete variant of peel4 . pell3t, n. pell4 (pel), n. [Prob. a dial. var. of pill4 .] A hole or deep place, such as that formed under a cascade or waterfall. [Prov. Eng.] pell4 (pel), v. t. [ pellack, pellock (pel'ak, -ok), n. [Formerly also pell ok;