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In a parallel manner; with parallelism. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.

The policy or principles of the Parnellites.

One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.

A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.

Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.

Having the form of a patella.

A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.

A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell- shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

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.]

See Pall-mall.

A porpoise.

A customs duty on skins of leather.

An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.

One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc.

Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as, pellagrous insanity.

A little ball; as, a pellet of wax .

Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." Shak.