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Pelted
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.
Pelter
Pelter Pelt"er, n. One who pelts.
Pelter
Pelter Pel"ter, n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. [Obs.] ``Let such pelters prate.' --Gascoigne.
Spelter
Spelter Spel"ter, n. [Cf. LG. spialter, G. & D. spiauter. Cf. Pewter.] (Metal.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

Meaning of Pelte from wikipedia

- called a "pelte" (Ancient Gr**** πέλτη, peltē; Latin: pelta) as their main protection, hence their name. According to Aristotle, the pelte was rimless...
- A pelte is a light shield used by ancient Gr**** peltasts. Pelte may also refer to : Peltae, an ancient city and Catholic titular see Pelte, a sweet made...
- appears on the cover of French p****ports. The emblem consists of: A wide pelte shield with, on the one end, a lion-head and, on the other end, an eagle-head...
- javelins[permanent dead link] Picture of a Thracian Peltast with one javelin in his throwing hand and four javelins in his Pelte hand as additional ammunition...
- shield used by the Romans Peltast – a light infantryman using a lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and thorakitaimedium infantrymen using thyreos shields...
- Achaemenid Empire when Cyrus II annexed Lydia. The Bithyni used the round peltē shield in warfare. Mihailov 1991, p. 597. Mihailov 1991, p. 605. Danov 1976...
- were armed with a short Gr**** bow and a short sword. They carried a little pelte (or pelta) (πέλτη) shield. Hippotoxotai (ἱπποτοξόται) were mounted archers...
- equipment of the peltasts or light-armed mercenaries (named for their small pelte shield) as to his military successes. Historians have debated about just...
- pages with titles beginning with Pelt All pages with titles containing Pelt Pelte (disambiguation) Van Pelt, a surname This disambiguation page lists articles...
- Peltophorum literally means "shield-bearing": from Gr**** pelt(ē) (πέλτη, "peltē shield"), with the interfix -o-, -phor(os) ("bearing") and Neo-Latin suffix...