2. Verb. (third-person singular of pellet) ¹
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Definition of Pellets
1. pellet [v] - See also: pellet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellets
Literary usage of Pellets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It certainly would throw a few pellets of swan- shot effectively, especially if
the barrel was not less than 40 inches long. But for all common purposes the ..."
2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"The pellets are found in greatest abundance in the ripple-bedded horizon and ...
The pellets are spherical or lenticular bodies, ranging in size from one to ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry by Jonathan Taft (1883)
"pellets made by rolling fragments or pieces of foil between the thumb aud fingers
are used by some operators, and with them they profess to make as good ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1876)
"The exact character of these pellets could not be studied in the blinding blast
to which we were subjected. They appeared to be hard, like hail-stones, ..."
5. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"sa. on a cross engr. or, five ogresses, a chief chequy of the second and az.
charged with a griffin pass. erm. or, five pellets.—Crest, out of a ducal ..."
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