Pelt
- Pelt
- Pelt Pelt (p[e^]lt), 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.
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Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.
--Fuller.
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2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden.
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3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
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{Pelt rot}, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
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pelt — Ⅰ. pelt [1] ► VERB 1) hurl missiles at. 2) (pelt down) (chiefly of rain) fall very heavily. 3) run very quickly. ● (at) full pelt Cf. ↑full pelt … English terms dictionary
pelt — pelt1 [pelt] vt. [LME pelten < ? pelote,PELLET] 1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles 2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly 3. to throw or cast (missiles) vi. 1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain … English World dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelt — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt (1799–1861), deutscher evangelischer Theologe Jeremy Pelt (* 1976), US amerikanischer Jazz Trompeter und Flügelhornist Siehe auch: Van Pelt … Deutsch Wikipedia
pelt — pelt; pelt·er; pelt·ing; uro·pelt; … English syllables
Pelt — may refer to: *Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal s skin, that has been stripped off the animal. *Pelt (band), a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose * a Dutch name, as in UN diplomat Adrian Pelt … Wikipedia
pelt — [pelt] verb I 1) [T] to throw a lot of things at someone or something Some of the players were pelted with cans and bottles.[/ex] 2) [I] to run somewhere very fast II noun [C] pelt [pelt] the skin or fur of an animal … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Pelt — Pelt, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw out words. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pelt — Pelt, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pelt — [n] animal fur coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool; concept 399 pelt [v] beat; throw hard assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel,… … New thesaurus