| 释义 |
pellar, -er dial. (Cornwall).
[? f. pell v. + -ar3, -er1.]
An exorcist; a wizard, conjurer.
1865R. Hunt Pop. Rom. W. Eng. Ser. ii. 81 She and her friends were satisfied that she had been ill wished. So she went to the ‘Peller’... The spell was taken off, and the old woman grew strong. Ibid. 77 His wife then stated that the virtue was in her and not in him; that she was of the real ‘Pellar’ blood. 1893Longm. Mag. Feb. 389 She was going to the ‘peller’ to get a ‘charm’ said for him. |