pelt
31pelt — a skin ; chiefly a sheep s skin when the wool is off. Also, in falconry, the skin of a fowl, stuffed, or the carcase of a dead fowl, to throw out to a hawk. N. and S. Pelt is also used to signify a blow ; as, I hit him a pelt. In old English,… …
32pelt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from pelett animal skin, from Anglo French pelette more at peltry Date: 15th century 1. a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur 2. a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning II. transitive …
33pelt — verb Pelt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑rain …
34pelt — I verb 1) they pelted him with snowballs Syn: bombard, shower, attack, assail, pepper 2) they said we d get some showers, but it s really pelting down Syn: pour (down), come down, teem (down), stream down, rain cats and dogs …
35pelt — 1. Skin. Ili. 2. To throw, hit. Pehi, pehia, nou Also: hīkau, kīpehi, kūpehi, kāpehi, nahu, nahunahu, hiu; ka alina (as rain); kīpē (as with stones). ♦ To pelt repeatedly, hiuhiu …
36pelt — plikė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Odos pusgaminis, gaunamas nuo odos pašalinus plaukus. atitikmenys: angl. blosse; dehaired skin; hide; pelt; skin; unhaired skin; untanned hide rus. голье …
37pelt — oda statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Viršutinis žmogaus ar gyvūno kūno sluoksnis. atitikmenys: angl. hide; pelt; skin rus. кожа; шкура …
38pelt — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by with) a hurl many small missiles at. b strike repeatedly with missiles. c assail (a person etc.) with insults, abuse, etc. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by down) (of rain etc.) fall quickly and torrentially. 3 intr. run… …
39Pelt rot — 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… …
40pelt|ing — «PEHL tihng», adjective. Archaic. paltry; petty; mean. ╂[probably related to dialectal palt or pelt thrash; see etym. under paltry (Cf. ↑paltry)] …
