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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a heavy rain;
[syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]

2. a thrower of missiles;
- Example: "the police were too busy to chase the pelters"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pelter \Pelt"er\, n.
   One who pelts.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pelter \Pel"ter\, n.
   A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
   [Obs.] "Let such pelters prate." --Gascoigne.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pelter
    n 1: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge,
         waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]
    2: a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the
       pelters"