PELT, noun [Latin pellis.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on it; a raw hide. 2. The quarry of a hawk all torn. 3. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [infra.] PELT, verb transitive [Latin pello.] 1. Properly, to strike with something thrown, driven or falling; as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. The chiding billows seem to pelt the clouds. 2. To drive by throwing something.
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