peltish
noun
Idioms 1.
the untanned hide or skin of an animal.
2.
Facetious. the human skin.
3.
in one's pelt, Facetious. naked.
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pelt1 (pɛlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by down) | |
| 1. | (tr) to throw (missiles) at (a person) |
| 2. | (tr) to hurl (insults) at (a person) |
| 3. | (intr; |
| 4. | to rain heavily |
| —n | |
| 5. | a blow |
| 6. | speed (esp in the phrase at full pelt) |
| [C15: of uncertain origin, perhaps from | |
| 'pelter1 | |
| —n | |
| pelt2 (pɛlt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass |
| 2. | the hide of an animal, stripped of hair and ready for tanning |
| [C15: perhaps back formation from | |
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Word Origin & History
pelt
"to strike" (with something), c.1500, perhaps from an unrecorded O.E. *pyltan, from M.L. *pultiare, from L. pultare "to beat." Or from O.Fr. peloter "to strike with a ball," from pelote "ball" (see pellet).
pelt
"skin of a fur-bearing animal," 1425, related to earlier pel (c.1300), contraction of pelet, from O.Fr. pelete "fine skin, membrane," dim. of pel "skin," from L. pellis "skin, hide."
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