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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pelter
 投擲的人,槍林彈雨,驟降,剝獸皮者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pelt·er n. One who pelts.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pel·ter n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. [Obs.] “Let such pelters prate.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pelter
      n 1: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout,
            torrent, soaker]
      2: a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase
         the pelters"