Pellet \Pel"let\, n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila
a ball. Cf. Platoon.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax ? paper.
2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
As swift as a pellet out of a gun. --Chaucer.
Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with
smalt, flat disks.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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