Defn: A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
PELE'S HAIR
Pe"le's hair. [After a Hawaiian goddess associated with the crater
Kilauea.]
Defn: Glass threads or fibers formed by the wind from bits blown from frothy lava or from the tips of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air. It often collects in thick masses resembling tow.
PELF Pelf, n. Etym: [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. Pilfer.]
Defn: Money; riches; lucre; gain; — generally conveying the idea of
something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf."
Spenser. "Paltry pelf." Burke.
Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry Fuller.
PELFISH
Pelf"ish, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to pelf. Stanyhurst.
PELFRAY; PELFRY
Pel"fray, Pel"fry, n.
Defn: Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash. [Obs.] Cranmer.
PELICAN Pel"i*can, n. Etym: [F. pélican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. paraçu.] [Written also pelecan.]