noun
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A blow or stroke from something thrown.
verb
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To bombard, as with missiles.
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They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
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To throw; to use as a missile.
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The children pelted apples at us.
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To rain or hail heavily.
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It's pelting down out there!
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To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
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To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
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To throw out words.
Examples of pelt in a Sentence
They have a particularly thin pelt with very close wool of minute curl.
It cannot be regarded as an economical fur, as the pelt is too delicate to resist hard wear.
The hair and pelt is, however, of less strength, and only a few are now used for floor rugs.
After the skins have been carefully removed - the sooner after death the better for the subsequent condition of the fur - they are lightly tacked out, pelt outwards, and, without being exposed to the sun or close contact with a fire, allowed to dry in a hut or shady place where there is some warmth or movement of air.
Regarded as useful for felt it is denominated staple fur, while with respect to its use with and on the pelt it is called fancy fur.
The wool is, however, poor compared to the otter and beaver, and the pelt thin and in no way comparable to them in strength.
They do not wear as well, however, as the pelt and the wool are not of a strength comparable to those of sealskin.
He wiped the bloodied knife on its pelt and straightened, meeting her gaze.
A coin was created to equal the value of one beaver pelt.
The skins, being the strongest of foxes', both in the fur and pelt, are serviceable.
The redder and browner sorts are also good for rugs as they are thick in the pelt.
Has light grey or brown close thick wool half an inch deep without any top hair, with a rather thick spongy pelt.
If you know your only doing a mile you'd go full pelt wouldn't you?
The best methods for dressing fur skins are those of a tawer or currier, the aim being to retain all the natural oil in the pelt, in order to preserve the natural colour of the fur, and to render the pelt as supple as possible.
When a deer was hunted, its meat fed the people, its pelt warmed them and its horns and hooves were carved into beautiful beads to adorn them.
Casting for season three includes adding werewolf Alcide Herveaux (One Tree Hill's Joe Manganiello) and his crazy ex Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan).
Among the martens there is a weasel (itachi), which, though useful as a ratkiller, has the evil repute of being responsible for sudden and mysterious injuries to human beings; there is a river-otter (kawauso), and there is a sea-otter (rakko) which inhabits the northern seas and is highly valued for its beautiful pelt.
The pelt or skin is requisite to keep out the piercing wind and driving storm, while the fur and overhair ward off the cold; and "furs" are as much a necessity to-day among more northern peoples as they ever were in the days of barbarism.
Cubs are nearly as long in the hair although only about half the size and not only softer and better, but have the advantage of being very much lighter in pelt.
They are excellent for linings of ladies' coats, being of light weight and fairly strong in the pelt.
The hair is very long, very black and bright with no underwool, and the white pelt of the base of the hair, by reason of the great contrast of colour, is very noticeable.
The results of applying tannic acid are to harden the pelt and discolour and weaken the fur.
After being purchased at the auction sales they are washed, then stretched upon a hoop, when all blubber and unnecessary flesh is removed, and the pelt is reduced to an equal thickness, but not so thin as it is finally rendered.
Seen from a distance, the beeches clothe the hanger like a thick pelt.
Also, try not to finish your ride at full pelt or on an uphill grunt!
Except for one guy who runs full pelt and dives straight into the wedding cake, smashing it into pieces.
On the living animal the overhair keeps the fur filaments apart, prevents their tendency to felt, and protects them from injury - thus securing to the animal an immunity from cold and storm; while, as a matter of fact, this very overhair, though of an humbler name, is most generally the beauty and pride of the pelt, and marks its chief value with the furrier.
In addition to this a knowledge is required of what the condition of a pelt should be; a good judge knows by experience whether a skin will turn out soft and strong, after dressing, and whether the hair is in the best condition of strength and beauty.
The dressing of the pelt or skin that is to be preserved for fur is totally different to the making of leather; in the latter tannic acid is used, but never should be with a fur skin, as is so often done by natives of districts where a regular fur trade is not carried on.
Furs kept in such a condition are not only immune from the ravages of the larvae of moth, but all the natural oils in the pelt and fur are conserved, so that its colour and life are prolonged, and the natural deterioration is arrested.
Coarse hair, heavy pelt, mostly dark yellowish and brown colours, only found in western parts of United States, Russia and Siberia.
One of the audience, with a contemptuous remark, took a handful of pebbles to pelt him with.
Both as a fur and as a pelt it is extremely strong, but owing to its short and close wool it is usually made up for the linings, collars and cuffs of men's coats.
While the work is often cleverly done as to matching and manipulation of the pelt which is very soft, there are great objections in the odour and the brittleness or weakness of the fur.
In the case of seal and beaver skins the process is a much more difficult one, as the water or hard top hairs have to be removed by hand after the pelt has been carefully rendered moist and warm.
In past times Leicester blood was extensively employed in the improvement or establishment of other longwool breeds of sheep. The Leicester, as seen now, has a white wedge-shaped face, the forehead covered with wool; thin mobile ears; neck full towards the trunk, short and level with the back; width over the shoulders and through the heart; a full broad breast; fine clean legs standing well apart; deep round barrel and great depth of carcass; firm flesh, springy pelt, and pink skin, covered with fine, curly, lustrous wool.
Generally the skins are placed in an alkali bath, then by hand with a blunt wooden instrument the moisture of the pelt is worked out and it is drawn carefully to and fro over a straight, dull-edged knife to remove any superfluous flesh and unevenness.
The walrus, hunted for its ivory tusks, and the sea otter, rarest and most valuable of Alaskan fur animals, are near extermination; the blue fox is now bred for its pelt on the Aleutians and the southern continental coast; the skins of the black and silver fox are extremely rare, and in general the whole fur industry is discouragingly decadent.
The pelt after the German dressing is dry, soft and white, which is due to a finishing process where meal is used, thus they compare favourably with the moister and consequently heavier English finish.