Defn: See Pall-mall.
PELLMELL Pell`mell", adv. Etym: [F. pêle-mêle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mêler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.]
Defn: In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.
PELLUCID Pel*lu"cid, a. Etym: [L. pellucidus; per (see Per-) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F. pellucide.]
Defn: Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. "Pellucid crystal." Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." Wordsworth.
PELLUCIDITY; PELLUCIDNESS
Pel`lu*cid"i*ty, Pel*lu"cid*ness, n. Etym: [L. pelluciditas.]
Defn: The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.
PELLUCIDLY
Pel*lu"cid*ly, adv.
Defn: In a pellucid manner.
PELMA
Pel"ma, n.; pl. Pelmata. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)