Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pelt
Pelt
pelt
1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by with) a hurl many small missiles at. b strike repeatedly with missiles. c assail (a person etc.) with insults, abuse, etc. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by down) (of rain etc.) fall quickly and torrentially. 3 intr. run fast. 4 intr. (often foll. by at) fire repeatedly. --n. the act or an instance of pelting. Phrases and idioms at full pelt as fast as possible. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. 1 the undressed skin of a fur-bearing mammal. 2 the skin of a sheep, goat, etc. with short wool, or stripped ready for tanning. 3 joc. the human skin. Derivatives peltry n. Etymology: ME f. obs. pellet skin, dimin. of pel f. AF pell, OF pel, or back-form. f. peltry, AF pelterie, OF peleterie f. peletier furrier, ult. f. L pellis skin
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I. noun see: ~ry Date: 15th century a usually undressed skin with its hair, wool, or fur, a skin stripped of hair or wool for tanning, II. transitive verb Date: 1596 to strip off the skin or ~ of (an animal), III. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to strike with a succession of blows or missiles , to assail vigorously or persistently , hurl, throw , to beat or dash repeatedly against , intransitive verb to deliver a succession of blows or missiles, to beat incessantly, to move rapidly and vigorously ; hurry, ~er noun IV. noun Date: 1513 blow, whack ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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