PELLETING

Verb

pelleting

present participle of pellet

Source: Wiktionary


PELLET

Pel"let, n. Etym: [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]

1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax .

2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.

Pel"let, v.

Definition: To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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