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Pellet   /pˈɛlət/   Listen
noun
Pellet  n.  
1.
A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.
2.
A bullet; a ball for firearms. (Obs.) "As swift as a pellet out of a gun."
Pellet gun a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal.
Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.


verb
Pellet  v. t.  To form into small balls; to pelletize. (Obs.)





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"Pellet" Quotes from Famous Books



... laboratory he knew that Ruth's cool courage and quick wits would at least double their chances for success in their desperate mission. He provided her with a reserve hood and tunic of lead cloth, then handed her a tiny leaden pellet. ...
— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various
... ecitons seemed to be divided into parties, some excavating, others carrying away the grains of earth. When the shafts became rather deep, the mining parties had to climb up the sides each time they wished to cast out a pellet of earth; but their work was lightened by their comrades, who stationed themselves at the mouth of the shaft and relieved them of their burdens, carrying the particles to a sufficient distance from the edge of the hole to prevent them rolling in again. All the work seemed thus ...
— The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston
... I put the pellet on my tongue. It tasted slightly sweet, but seemed to melt quickly and I swallowed it hastily. My heart, was pounding, but that was apprehension, not the drug. A thrill of heat ran through my veins as though my ...
— Beyond the Vanishing Point • Raymond King Cummings
... scraping off the weathered wood from trees and fences. Of course this old wood is of various colors, but that makes the house so much the prettier. One wasp comes back with its burden of woody pulp rolled up in a little pellet. This it takes and spreads in thin ribbons along the edge of the wall which is being made. Perhaps this edge is dark gray. Then off it flies for more material, while another takes its place with a pellet of light gray, which is soon skilfully moulded on to the edge. Sometimes the outer ...
— Little Busybodies - The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies • Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody
... little ball rolled out of his sleeve, and the spot where it fell was noted by the Baroness, who could look about her freely from under her veil. The little pellet, being damp and sticky, did not roll; for such trivial details, apparently unimportant, had all been duly considered by Jacques Collin to ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac


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