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PeltedPelt 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.
SpelterSpelter 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
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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...
- 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...
- and Sri Lanka. The name is
derived from the Gr****
words ura ('tail') and
pelte ('shield'),
indicating the
presence of the
large keratinous shield at the...
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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...
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equipment of the
peltasts or light-armed
mercenaries (named for
their small pelte shield) as to his
military successes.
Historians have
debated about just...
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Peltobatrachus (from Gr****
pelte,
meaning shield and batrakhos,
meaning frog) is an
extinct genus of
temnospondyl amphibian from the late
Permian period...
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pages with
titles beginning with Pelt All
pages with
titles containing Pelt
Pelte (disambiguation) Van Pelt, a
surname This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
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shield used by the
Romans Peltast – a
light infantryman using a
lighter pelte shield Thyreophoroi and
thorakitai –
medium infantrymen using thyreos shields...
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words for "shiny shield": λαμπρός lampro(s) ("shiny") + πέλτη pelt(ē) ("
peltē shield") + -is (a
Latin suffix). The name is
given to them in reference...
