pelting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PELT'ING, participle present tense Striking with something thrown or driven. PELT'ING, noun An assault with any thing thrown. PELT'ING, adjective In Shakespeare, mean; paltry. [Improper.] PELT'-MONGER, noun A dealer in pelts or raw hides.
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