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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pell, n.2 [? ME. and e.m.E. pel(l a skin or hide (c 1325), pele (1454), peele, peall, pell, a skin or roll of parchment, a parchment.] Pell for pell, ? —1495 Halyb. 90.
A sek of skynnis contenand 400. Sald tham in Medylburgh to a man of the Hag … for 16 nobyllis, pell for pell
