Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peppering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peppering \Pep"per*ing\, a.
Hot; pungent; peppery. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pepper \Pep"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peppered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Peppering}.]
1. To sprinkle or season with pepper.
2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows,
upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or
wounds. ``I have peppered two of them.'' ``I am peppered,
I warrant, for this world.'' --Shak.
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