Pellet
['pelɪt] or ['pɛlɪt]
Definition
(n.) A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.
(n.) A bullet; a ball for firearms.
(v./.) To form into small balls.
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Definition
n. a little ball as of lint or wax: a small rounded boss: a small pill: a ball of shot.—adj. Pell′eted consisting of pellets: pelted as with bullets.
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Examples
- This small pellet is, I presume, the black, doughy mass you spoke of. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I turned back, my eye caught the pellet of paper which the prisoner had tossed upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On the hat of wanderer number two, the shorter one, I drop this pellet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In 1807 he patented in England detonating powder and pellets which were used for artillery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We would simply suggest that the practice of vulgar young boys in the gallery of shying peanuts and paper pellets at the tigers, and saying Hi-yi! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When they emerge,' said Eugene, 'you shall see me bring them both down'; and so prepared two pellets for the purpose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is thinning now and there are small, hard pellets. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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