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 Pelf.Pel’ican, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pel’ias.
 
The huge spear of Achilles, which none but the hero could wield; so called because it was cut from an ash growing on Mount Pel’ion, in Thessaly.   1
 


 Pelf.Pel’ican, 

 
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