Meanings
nounpellack (plural pellacks)
plural pellacks
- Northern EnglandScotlandarchaicA porpoise.
Did not the devil appear in the midst of the Tay, dressed in a priest's scapular, gambolling like a pellack amongst the waves
1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC
Origin
Compare Gaulish peileag.
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Chicago
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