pelt

Definitions

1. 1.The human skin. [Jocose] Dryden.
2. 2.(Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To throw; to use as a missile. My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. Dryden.
5. 5.To throw missiles. Shak.
6. 6.To throw out words. [Obs.] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. Shak.
7. 7.A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the body of any quarry killed by the hawk. Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to throw; to use as a missile. My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. Dryden called?
• What is to throw out words. [Obs.] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. Shak called?