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pelting |
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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