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pannikell

pannikell is the alternative form of pannikel.

Meaning of pannikel

Noun

pannikel (plural pannikels)

  1. (obsolete) The brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.
    • To him he turned, and with rigor fell / Smote him so rudely on the pannikell1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of pannikell

pluralpannikells

Questions about pannikell

What is pannikell the alternative form of?
Pannikell is the alternative form of pannikel.

Words near pannikell in the dictionary

  1. pannierways
  2. pannierwise
  3. pannies
  4. panniform
  5. pannikel
  6. pannikell
  7. pannikells
  8. pannikels
  9. pannikin
  10. pannikin boss
  11. pannikin bosses

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