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▸ noun: (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
▸ noun: The fur or hair of a living animal.
▸ noun: (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: A garment made from animal skins.
▸ noun: (falconry) The body of any quarry killed by a hawk; also, a dead bird given to a hawk for food.
▸ verb: To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
▸ verb: Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
▸ verb: (obsolete, rare) To remove feathers from (a bird).
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
▸ verb: To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
▸ verb: Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
▸ verb: Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
▸ verb: (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
▸ verb: (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
▸ verb: (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
▸ verb: (archaic, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To throw out harsh words; to show anger.
▸ noun: A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
▸ noun: (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
▸ noun: (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
▸ noun: (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
▸ noun: A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
▸ noun: (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To bargain for a better deal; to haggle.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Alternative form of pelta
▸ noun: (historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
▸ noun: (botany) A flat apothecium with no rim.
▸ noun: A surname.
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