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Pellodrommy. Appar. erron. for e.m.E. pelytory (1533), pellitorie, etc., the plant pellitory. —a 1595 Misc. Spald. C. II. xxx.
For tuithe aik tak pellodrommy rwit and put betwene thair gumis and it will put away the greiff