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Clerk of the pells

Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.]

  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.]