Lexicographical Neighbors of Peltings
Literary usage of Peltings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American in England by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1836)
"Besides, it is past twelve; we have been up and toiling all day, exposed to the
peltings of the pitiless storm, and moistened with salt water as well as ..."
2. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"This character of the leaves, or substitutes for them, enables the plant to endure
the long-continued droughts, and also the peltings of rains to which it ..."
3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"Forsooth in stripes and in peltings I am not unlearned to-day, For I have a heart
that is hardy, and have borne many griefs by the way, Of the waves of the ..."
4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"Forsooth in stripes and in peltings I am not unlearned to-day, For I have a heart
that is hardy, and have borne many griefs by the way, Of the waves of the ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... borne upon stout and well clothed stems, turn their backs to the storms, and
remain stoically indifferent to the peltings of every sleeting blast that ..."
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