pellet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pellet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pellet n a small sphere a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" Synonym(s): shot, 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.