Pelt (p&ebreve_;lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne.
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Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.
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2. The human skin. [Jocose] Dryden.
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3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
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Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
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Pelt, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. Shak.
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2. To throw out words. [Obs.]
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Another smothered seems to pelt and swear. Shak.
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