▪ I. † pelleter1, peletre Herb. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 pelestre, 5 peletre, -thre, -tur, pelletre, -etur, -atur, -eter, 5–6 peletyr.
[ME. peletre, -ethre, a. AF. peletre, -estre, f. (by dissimilation of r..r) OF. *peretre, piretre (Cotgr.) = Sp. pelitre (:—*peritre):—L. pyr-, pirethrum:—Gr. πύρεθρον feverfew; cf. πυρετός fever. See also pyrethrum. The history of sense 2 is obscure.]
1. = pellitory 1, the Pyrethrum of the ancients.
| a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 34 Piretrum, pelestre idem. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 262 Seed of rosis & peletre & zinzibere. a 1450 Stockh. Med. MS. 184 Long⁓wourt or pelethre of Spanye (Eleborus). Ibid. 214 Pelethre: peretrum domyticum. c 1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 145 Piretrum, herba..satis communis, radix eius multum est acuta in sapore qua utimur. gall. et a⊇. pelestre. 1530 Palsgr. 253/1 Peletyr an herbe. |
2. Wild Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum), or Garden Thyme (T. vulgaris). Cf. pellamountain.
| a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 39 Serpillum et herpillum idem sunt, s. pelestre, tamen herpillum quandoque sumitur pro poligonia. a 1400 Pistill of Susan 116 Daysye and Ditoyne, Ysope and Aueroyne, Peletre [v. rr. pelletre, -tur] and Plauntoyne. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 1024 Of tyme is wex and hony maad swettest; Of tymbra, peletur and origon. 14.. Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 441 Take..myntes, and peletur, and costmaryn, and sauge. 1483 Cath. Angl. 273/2 Pelleter.., serpillum, herba est. |
▪ II. † pelleter2 Obs.
In 6 pellytour.
[ad. OF. peletier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), mod. F. pelletier (16th c. in Littré), f. OF. pel, L. pell-em skin, fur.]
A fellmonger.
| 1575 Turberv. Faulconrie 12 Thin skynnes sent to the furryers and pellytours of Fraunce. |
▪ III. pelleter3
[f. pellet v. + -er1.]
An apparatus for pelleting.
| 1960 Times Rev. Industry July 51/1 BIPEL now sells much of its production outside the plastics industry. This includes pelleters for explosives, punch presses for metal work, [etc.]. 1963 P. Finn-Kelcey in A. N. Duckham Farming III. xi. 405 Whether an installation is to consist of a mill only, a mill and a mixer or the full layout of mill, mixer and pelleter.., considerable thought must be given to the positioning of each. 1973 [see pellet v.]. |