| pilch |
| Pilch | n. [ AS. pylce, pylece, LL. pellicia. See Pelisse, and Pelt skin. ] A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilchard | n. [ Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows. ] (Zool.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. [ 1913 Webster ] Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilcher | n. [ From Pilch. ] A scabbard, as of a sword. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilcher | n. (Zool.) The pilchard. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| pilchard | (n) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring, Syn. Sardina pilchardus, sardine |
