Definition of Pellack

1. n. A porpoise.

Definition of Pellack

1. pellock [n -S] - See also: pellock

Medical Definition of Pellack

1. A porpoise. Origin: Cf. Gael. Peileag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellack

pelioma
peliosis
peliosis hepatitis
pelisse
pelissees
pelisses
pelite
pelites
pelitic
pelizaeus-merzbacher syndrome
pell-mell
pellach
pellachs
pellack (current term)
pellacks
pellage
pellagra
pellagra-preventing factor
pellagra sine pellagra
pellagras
pellagrin
pellagrins
pellagroid
pellagrous
pelle-like protein kinase
pellegendas
pellegrini-steatum ossification
pellet

Literary usage of Pellack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"This is not a modification of E. pato, but the same »в Ы. E. pallen, to strike ; see Gloss, to Piers Plowman PALLACH, ». V. pellack, POLLACK. PALLAT,*. ..."

2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To PELL a dead candle. V. PALE, v. PELL, s. A lazy, lumpish person, 8. B.—Teut, pelle, a husk. pellack, PILLOCK, ». A porpoise, 8. ..."

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