Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pellet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pellet \Pel"let\, n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila
a ball. Cf. {Platoon}.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax ? paper.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pellet \Pel"let\, v.?.
To form into small balls. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pellet
n 1: a small sphere
2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
past his ear" [syn: {shot}]
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