Category:Pellet

Pel"let, n. Etym: [f. pelote, ll. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]

1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax.

2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat Disks.

Pellet Pel"let, v.

Defn: to form into small balls. [obs.] Shak.