Word Meanings - PELLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax . 2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding , a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.

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• MOLDINESS; MOULDINESS
  The state of being moldy.
• MOLDER; MOULDER
  One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically , one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.
• BACON
  The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's
• BACONIAN
  Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
• MOLD; MOULD
  mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel. mold, Dan. muld, Sw. mull, Goth. mulda, prevalent spelling is, perhaps, mould; but as the u has not been inserted in the other words of this class, as bold, gold, old, cold, etc., it seems desirable to complete the
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• LITTLENESS
  The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc. Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
• SMALT
  A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder. (more info) OHG. smalz grease, butter, G. schmalz grease, OHG. smelzan to melt,
• SMALTINE; SMALTITE
  A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.
• BULLET-PROOF
  Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
• PELLET
  1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax . 2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding , a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.
• SWIFTNESS
  The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
• MOLDING; MOULDING
  A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting
• SWIFTLET
  Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.
• NARROW-MINDED
  Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
• SWIFTER
  A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast.
• NARROWER
  One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
• PELLETED
  Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. "This pelleted storm." Shak.
• BULLETIN
  bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla 1. A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the
• MOLDABLE; MOULDABLE
  Capable of being molded or formed.
• HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
  A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
• BED-MOLDING; BED-MOULDING
  The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.
• DUMDUM BULLET
  A kind of manstopping bullet; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army.
• DO-LITTLE
  One who performs little though professing much. Great talkers are commonly dolittles. Bp. Richardson.
• SMOLDERINGNESS; SMOULDERINGNESS
  The state of smoldering.
• NECKMOLD; NECKMOULD
  A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital. Weale.