Pell v. t.  To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.]
  Pell, n.
  1. A skin or hide; a pelt.
  2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
  Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]
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