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Deil :: Deil (n.) Devil; -- spelt also deel.

Pelt :: Pelt (v. i.) To throw out words.

Spalt :: Spalt (n.) Spelter.

Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..

Spelt :: Spelt () of Spel.

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

Snowball :: Snowball (v. t.) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.

Peltae :: Peltae (pl. ) of Pelt.

Peltate :: Peltate (a.) Alt. of Peltate.

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

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.

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

Peltated :: Peltated (a.) Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ..

Spellable :: Spellable (a.) Capable of being spelt.

Pepper :: Pepper (v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds..

Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.

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..

Pelt :: Pelt (v. t.) To throw; to use as a missile.

Pell :: Pell (n.) A skin or hide; a pelt.

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