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Pelt Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pelt? [n] body covering of a living animal [n] the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [v] attack with missiles or questions [v] cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [v] rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pelt: bombard \| fur \| hide \| pepper \| pour \| rain buckets \| rain cats and dogs \| skin \| stream Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pelt: assail \| assault \| attack \| Australian seal \| bang \| barrel \| bash \| baste \| bat \| batter \| bearskin \| beat \| beating \| beaver \| beaverette \| beeline \| belabor \| belt \| biff \| black fox \| black marten \| black sable \| blow \| bomb \| bombard \| bonk \| bowl \| brickbat \| bristle \| brook mink \| buckskin \| buffet \| calf \| calfskin \| capeskin \| capillament \| cast \| cat \| catapult \| charge \| chinchilla \| chinchillette \| chop \| chuck \| chunk \| cilium \| clip \| clobber \| clout \| clump \| coast seal \| coat \| cock \| come down \| coney \| cowhide \| crack \| cut \| cuticle \| dart \| dash \| deerskin \| dermis \| detonate \| dig \| dint \| discharge \| doeskin \| drizzle \| drop \| drub \| drubbing \| drum \| drumming \| egg \| eject \| electric seal \| ermine \| fall \| fell \| fire \| fire off \| flail \| flap \| fleece \| fleet \| flesh \| fling \| flip \| fly \| fork \| fox \| fur \| furring \| furs \| fusillade \| genet \| goatskin \| gun \| gun for \| hair \| heave \| hide \| highball \| hit \| horsehair \| hotfoot \| hurl \| hurry \| hurtle \| imitation fur \| imitation leather \| integument \| jab \| jacket \| jaguar \| jerk \| knock \| lambaste \| lance \| lapidate \| lapin \| larrup \| launch \| lay about \| leather \| leather paper \| Leatherette \| Leatheroid \| leopard \| let fly \| let off \| lick \| load \| lob \| mane \| marmot \| marten \| maul \| merino \| mink \| mizzle \| mole \| moleskin \| monkey \| muskrat \| nutria \| otter \| outer layer \| outer skin \| pass \| paste \| patter \| peg \| pellet \| peltry \| pelts \| pepper \| pick off \| pigskin \| pile \| pistol \| pitch \| pitchfork \| pitter-patter \| plug \| plunk \| poke \| pommel \| pot \| potshoot \| potshot \| pound \| pour \| pour with rain \| precipitate \| prime \| pubescence \| pubic hair \| pulverize \| pummel \| punch \| put \| put the shot \| rabbit \| rabbitskin \| raccoon \| rain \| rain tadpoles \| rap \| rawhide \| riddle \| rind \| run \| rush \| sable \| scoot \| scurry \| seal \| serve \| setula \| shag \| shagreen \| sheath \| sheepskin \| shell \| shoot \| shoot at \| shoot down \| shower \| shower down \| shy \| skin \| skins \| skunk \| slam \| slap \| sledgehammer \| sling \| slog \| slug \| smack \| smash \| snap \| snipe \| sock \| spank \| spatter \| spit \| sprinkle \| squirrel \| stone \| strafe \| stream \| strike \| stroke \| swat \| swing \| swipe \| take a potshot \| tattoo \| teem \| tegument \| thrash \| thresh \| throw \| thump \| thwack \| tiger \| tilt \| torpedo \| toss \| vair \| wallop \| weep \| whack \| whip \| white fox \| whop \| wool \| work over \| yerk See Also \| animal skin \| assail \| astrakhan \| attack \| bearskin \| beaver \| body covering \| chinchilla \| egg \| ermine \| fox \| lambskin \| lapidate \| lapin \| leopard \| mink \| muskrat \| otter \| rabbit \| raccoon \| rain \| rain down \| sable \| seal \| sealskin \| sheet \| sluice \| sluice down \| snowball \| squirrel \| throw \| throw Pelt In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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. \Pelt\, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. --Shak. 2. To throw out words. [Obs.] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. --Shak. \Pelt\, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Pelt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pelt?

[n] body covering of a living animal
[n] the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
[v] attack with missiles or questions
[v] cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
[v] rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

Pelt In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.


\Pelt\, v. i.
1. To throw missiles. --Shak.

2. To throw out words. [Obs.]

         Another smothered seems to peltand swear. --Shak.


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

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