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pell-mell
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pell-mell
(encz) | pell-mell,páté přes deváté n: Michal Ambrož |
pell-mell
(encz) | pell-mell,rychle a zmateně Zdeněk Brož |
pell-mell
(gcide) | Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
fr. L. malleus. See 1st Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
place where the game was played, and to the street, in
London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and
pell-mell.] --Sir K. Digby. --Evelyn.
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Pell-mell
(gcide) | Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
See Pall-mall.
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Pellmell
(gcide) | Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[^e]le-m[^e]le, prob. fr. pelle
a shovel + m[^e]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel,
Medley.]
In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses,
chariots, crowded pellmell." --Milton.
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pell-mell
(wn) | pell-mell
adv 1: in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all
over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs" [syn:
harum-scarum, pell-mell]
adj 1: with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of
existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the
train" [syn: helter-skelter, pell-mell] |
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Pell-mell
(gcide) | Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
fr. L. malleus. See 1st Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
place where the game was played, and to the street, in
London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and
pell-mell.] --Sir K. Digby. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
See Pall-mall.
[1913 Webster]Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[^e]le-m[^e]le, prob. fr. pelle
a shovel + m[^e]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel,
Medley.]
In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses,
chariots, crowded pellmell." --Milton.
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Pellmell
(gcide) | Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
fr. L. malleus. See 1st Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
place where the game was played, and to the street, in
London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and
pell-mell.] --Sir K. Digby. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
See Pall-mall.
[1913 Webster]Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[^e]le-m[^e]le, prob. fr. pelle
a shovel + m[^e]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel,
Medley.]
In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses,
chariots, crowded pellmell." --Milton.
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