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 Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting.]
 1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
    The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds.   --Shak.
 2. To throw; to use as a missile.
    My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.   --Dryden.

 Pel·ting a. Mean; paltry. [Obs.]
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 pelting
      n : anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain
          of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: rain]