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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelting  \Pel"ting\,  a. 
  Mean  paltry.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pelting 
  n  :  anything  happening  rapidly  or  in  quick  successive;  "a  rain 
  of  bullets";  "a  pelting  of  insults"  [syn:  {rain}] 




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