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Search phrase: pelt

Plays

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Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.82Do pelt so fast at one another's pateDoe pelt so fast at one anothers Pate,
King LearKL II.iii.18Poor pelting villages, sheepcotes, and millsPoore pelting Villages, Sheeps-Coates, and Milles,
King LearKL III.iv.29That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,That bide the pelting of this pittilesse storme,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.46a, b, spelt backward with the horn on his head?Ab speld backward with the horn on his head?
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.112For every pelting, petty officerFor euery pelting petty Officer
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.91Have every pelting river made so proudHath euerie petty Riuer made so proud,
OthelloOth II.i.12The chidden billow seems to pelt the clouds;The chidden Billow seemes to pelt the Clowds,
Richard IIR2 II.i.60Like to a tenement or pelting farm.Like to a Tenement or pelting Farme.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.267We have had pelting wars since you refusedWe haue had pelting Warres since you refus'd
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.322Thou bringest such pelting scurvy news continuallyThou bringst such pelting scuruy news continually

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1418 Another smothered seems to pelt and swear; Another smotherd, seemes to pelt and sweare,

Glossary

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pellethit [as if with pellets], pelt
peltshout angrily, harangue
peltingpaltry, petty, worthless, insignificant

Thesaurus

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peltpellet

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PELTBASICpelt v, pelting adj, pelting n

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