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Webster 1913 Edition
Pelting
Pel′ting
,Adj.
Mean; paltry.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pelting
PELT'ING
,ppr.
PELT'ING
,Noun.
PELT'ING
,Adj.
Definition 2025
pelting
pelting
English
Verb
pelting
- present participle of pelt
Adjective
pelting (comparative more pelting, superlative most pelting)
Noun
pelting (plural peltings)
- The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
- 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
- […] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.
- 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)