Pelt \Pelt\ (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th {Fell}. --Sir T. Browne.
Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. --Fuller.
2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden.
3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
{Pelt rot}, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
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.
The children billows seem to pelt the clouds. --Shak.
2. To throw; to use as a missile.
My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. --Dryden.
Pelt \Pelt\, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. --Shak.
2. To throw out words. [Obs.]
Another smothered seems to peltand swear. --Shak.
Pelt \Pelt\, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Heavy pelt buying by foreigners, a weak dollar and growing customer demand push up prices of mink coats as much as 50% from last year; beaver, raccoon and fox prices are up 10% to 30%.
Yet I would no more watch this voluntarily than pelt a victim in the stocks.
If Robo-Badger's menacing lunges aren't enough to instill fear, zoo conservationists pelt the puzzled ferrets with rubber bands, whose harmless stings usually encourage them to dive into the nearest hole.
An analyst attributed the performance to mild winters that lowered demand and lower pelt prices, which reduced the cost of furs to consumers.