pelting
Verb
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Verb
- present participle of pelt#English|pelt
pelting (plural peltings)
- The act by which somebody or something is pelted.
- 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
- […] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.
- 1830, Baptist Missionary Magazine (volume 10, page 88)
pelting
- (obsolete) mean; paltry
- c. 1608/9, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 4 scene 5
- I pray you, let us see you in the field;
We have had pelting wars since you refused
The Grecians' cause.
- I pray you, let us see you in the field;
- c. 1608/9, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 4 scene 5
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