pelter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pelter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pelter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pelter n a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker] a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the pelters"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pelter \Pel"ter\, n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. [Obs.] [bd]Let such pelters prate.[b8] --Gascoigne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pelter \Pelt"er\, n. One who pelts.