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 Pel·let n.
 1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.
 2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.]
    As swift as a pellet out of a gun.   --Chaucer.
 Pellet gun a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal.
 Pellet molding Arch., a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.