Spelt vs Pelt - What's the difference?
spelt | pelt |
(chiefly, British) (spell)
* 1590 , (William Shakespeare), , v 1
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species Triticum spelta.
(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
(metalworking) spelter
The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved]] with the hairy or [[wool, woolly covering on it.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too..
The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
(lb) Human skin.
:(Dryden)
To bombard, as with missiles.
To throw; to use as a missile.
To heavily.
To throw out words.
* Shakespeare
To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
As verbs the difference between spelt and pelt
is that spelt is (chiefly|british) (spell) or spelt can be (obsolete) to split; to break; to spalt while pelt is to bombard, as with missiles.As nouns the difference between spelt and pelt
is that spelt is a grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species triticum spelta or spelt can be (dialect|northern england|scotland) a thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter while pelt is the skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved]] with the hairy or [[wool|woolly covering on it or pelt can be a blow or stroke from something thrown.spelt
English
Etymology 1
See (spell)Alternative forms
* spelled (qualifier)Verb
(head)- Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?
Usage notes
The form spelt'' may predominate over ''spelled in parts of North America with heavier English settlement since the 19th century. One such place is Utah.Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(-)See also
* (wikipedia "spelt") * emmer * farroEtymology 3
From (etyl) spalden, or (etyl) spald.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----pelt
English
(wikipedia pelt)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pelette, diminutive of from the same Old French and Latin roots.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pelletVerb
(en verb)- They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
- The children pelted apples at us.
- It's pelting down out there!
- Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.
- The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.