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Pelting   /pˈɛltɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Pelt  v. t.  (past & past part. pelted; pres. part. 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."
2.
To throw; to use as a missile. "My Phillis me with pelted apples plies."


Pelt  v. i.  
1.
To throw missiles.
2.
To throw out words. (Obs.) "Another smothered seems to pelt and swear."


adjective
Pelting  adj.  Mean; paltry. (Obs.)





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"Pelting" Quotes from Famous Books



... staircase, I followed the guide along a narrow path covered with fragments of shale, with Table Rock above and the deep abyss below. A cold, damp wind blew against me, succeeded by a sharp pelting rain, and the path became more slippery and difficult. Still I was not near the sheet of water, and felt not the slightest dizziness. I speedily arrived at the difficult point of my progress: heavy gusts almost blew me away; showers of spray nearly ...
— The Englishwoman in America • Isabella Lucy Bird
... him from the ground, and as soon as he was on his feet he went tottering off, rebuffing all attempts at assistance. When the party rounded the corner they were fairly blinded by the pelting of the snow. It burned their faces like fire. The cowboy carried Johnnie through the drift to the door. As they entered some cards again rose from the floor and ...
— The Monster and Other Stories - The Monster; The Blue Hotel; His New Mittens • Stephen Crane
... said to Bruno, 'Look at this fine flint; here should go for Calandrino's loins!' So saying, he let fly and dealt him a sore rap in the small of the back with the stone. Brief, on this wise, now with one word and now with another, they went pelting him up the Mugnone till they came to the San Gallo gate, where they threw down the stones they had gathered and halted awhile ...
— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio
... garments and wrapped them around her, and wiping off the rain-drops from her face drew her to his heart. But storm or shelter was all the same to her now, and the death-damp on her brow was colder than the pelting shower. He accused himself of her cruel murder and wildly prayed her forgiveness. From these accusations she vindicated him, besought him not to grieve for her, and with many prayers for her dear children and their father, ...
— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler
... longer seemed to notice the flashes of lightning, the roaring of the thunder, nor the pelting of the storm, but kept his eye upon the departing form of that beautiful angel amid the rushing of the tempest. Could this be the chief's daughter, her face as white as a pond lily with the rose's blush upon her cheek and her eyes as blue as the violets ...
— The Forest King - Wild Hunter of the Adaca • Hervey Keyes


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