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Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Pelted :: Pelted (imp. & p. p.) of Pel.

Peltryware :: Peltryware (n.) Peltry.

Podophyllum :: Podophyllum (n.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug..

Pelt :: Pelt (v. i.) To throw missiles.

Fell :: Fell (n.) A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell..

Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..

Shieldtail :: Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated..

Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..

Navelwort :: Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort..

Jack-a-lent :: "Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow..

Spalt :: Spalt (n.) Spelter.

Water Shield :: Water shield () An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly..

Peytrel :: Peytrel (n.) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Peltry :: Peltry (n.) Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs..

Spelter :: Spelter (n.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

Spelt :: Spelt (n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.

Fitch :: Fitch (n.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt..

Spelt :: Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.

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