Pelt \Pelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting.]

[OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.]

1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. [1913 Webster]

The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To throw; to use as a missile. [1913 Webster]

My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pelt \Pelt\, v. i.

1. To throw missiles. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To throw out words. [Obs.]

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Another smothered seems to pelt and swear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pelt \Pelt\, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pelt \Pelt\ (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.]

1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. [1913 Webster]

Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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pelt

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Pelt \Pelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting.]

[OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.]

1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.

The children billows seem to pelt the clouds. --Shak.

2. To throw; to use as a missile.

My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pelt \Pelt\, v. i.

1. To throw missiles. --Shak.

2. To throw out words. [Obs.]

Another smothered seems to peltand swear. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pelt \Pelt\, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pelt \Pelt\, n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.]

1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. --Sir T. Browne.

Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. --Fuller.

2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden.

3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)