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.
PELLETED
Pel"let*ed, a.
Defn: Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." Shak.
PELLIBRANCHIATA Pel`li*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. pellis garment + branchia a gill.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.
PELLICLE Pel"li*cle, n. Etym: [L. pellicu, dim. of pellis skin: cf. F. pellicule.]
1. A thin skin or film.
2. (Chem.)