pelfisht (pelfish)

[ Pelfish faults. Stan i hurst, Chron. of Ireland, Ep. Ded. pelfryt (pel'fri), n. [ pelfrey , also pelfyr (Prompt. Parv.), pelfre , frippery, cf. pel frerie, peuferie , frippery: see pelf .] Same as pelf , 1. "Long have we been taking away abuses in England," said he; "we have done much in that. Monks, friars, beads, pardons, pilgrimages, and such other pelfry are gone; but what of that, if Antichrist still strike his roots among us?" Cranmer, quoted in R. W. Dixon's Hist. [Church of Eng., xvii. Pelias (pē'li-as), n. [NL. (Merrem, 1820), the urosteges two-rowed and the nostril opening between two plates: synonymous with Vi per a proper. Pelias berus is the common viper or adder of Europe. See cut under adder. - 2. A genus of crustaceans. Roux, 1831.