pelted

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pelt \Pelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pelting.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.]

1.To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. [1913 Webster]

The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To throw; to use as a missile. [1913 Webster]

My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
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