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pellet |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pellet \Pel"let\, v.?. To form into small balls. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pellet n 1: a small sphere 2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" [syn: {shot}]
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