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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCHELLY

SCHELLY Schel "ly, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The powan. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

schelly

schelly |ˈskɛli |(also skelly ) ▶noun a powan (fish ) of a variety occurring only in three lakes in the English Lake District. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: a local name.

 

Oxford Dictionary

schelly

schelly |ˈskɛli |(also skelly ) ▶noun a powan (fish ) of a variety occurring only in three lakes in the English Lake District. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: a local name.