pilau, pilaw

[PILLAW.] *pilch, *pilche, s. [A. S. pylce, from Low Latin pellicea, from Lat. pell is =a skin.] [PELISSE.] 1. A coat or dre of skins. "Clothed in a pilche of a camel's hide."- Udall: Luke vil 2. A flannel cloth for an infant. pil-chard, pil-cher, s . [Of uncertain origin; prob. Celtic; cf. Ir. pilseira pilchard; Ir. pelog ; Gael. peilig =a porpoise. The final d is excrescent. ( Skeat .)] Ichthy.: Clupea pilchard us , an important food fish, never absent from the coast of Northwestern Europe. It abounds also on the coast of Portugal and in the Mediterranean. It is a thicker and smaller fish than the herring; the upper part of the body is bluish-green, belly and sides silvery-white. It may be easily recognized by the radiating ridges on the operculum, which descend toward the suboperculum. *pilch-er (1), 8. [PILCH.] 1. A furred gown or dre ; a pilch. 2. A scabbard. "Pluck your sword out of his pilcher ." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , iii. L *pil-cher (2), 8. [PILCHARD.]