Pell \Pell\, v. t. [Cf. Pelt, v. t.]

To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.]

--Holland.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)