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Mjhtjntrodneed :imong the^Athonian light- pelter' (pel'tet ), n. (< /WM + -/>r>.] 1. One 
peltyer 
armed troops liy Iphirratos, about 11!>2 B. (;., to 
tako l lie pho-i'- of 
the heavier shield, 
' /"? 
in ^v... x^<i 
in order to inen-iise 
their 
niiurliing and skir- 
inisliing. 2. In /ml.. 
an apotheeinm of a 
lichen forminga Hat 
shield without dis- 
tinct exciplo, as in 
the genus I'rllii/i-ii ; 
Hometimes, also, a 
scale or bract at- 
tached by its mid- 
dle. 3. [(/).] In 
conch., a genus of 
gastropods, now call- 
ed Ititiiciiui. I'ncl;, 
1837; (,>/ui tirfagcx, 
1844peita liinata. 
the small crescent-shaped 
shield often borne by the 
Amaisons. 
Peltandra (pel-tan'dra), n. [NL. (Rafinesque, 
1819), < Or. irefaii, a shield, + avt/p (avdp-), male 
(in mod. bot. stamen).] A genus of plants 
of the subfamily Pliilodendroidem, type of the 
tribe I'rltiunlri-.v, distinguished by the orthot- Peltier^effect. 
ropouH ovules ; the arrow-arum. Tliere are 3 spe- 
cies, natives of American swamps and river-borders from 
New York to Ueorgia. They bear large and omameu 
shield-shaped leaves. 
di rous torloi<e. typified l>y tho genus /'(//.- 
/I//K/II.V, incl nd i Mtf a few tropicu I. America n forms. 
They are characterize!. In dray's system, by having the 
head iwiillrn ami covered with hard bony plate*, and dli 
lin.-i zyKumatlc archei covering the temporal mutcles. 
-H----!,..!.,,, / i ,- rv-i 
eltocephalus (p-l-to-8el a-lus), H. [M.. ( Iln- 
meViI and liibrou. 1835), < QT. Tri'/.Tr/, a shield, 
+ KHfrn/j/, the beat!.] The typical aud only ge- 
. ttOM ot PtUoetpkalidm, 
No, I don't mean that. You mustn't be angry with me; Peltochelylds (pel'to-ke-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
I wasn't really in a t /:'. < I'l-ltiiclielyn + ->/.] A division ol t'/,, l,,i,i,i 
II. Kutgdey. Ulllyars and Burtons, 111. named from the genus I'tltix-lu-li/*. ;uid in-lud- 
pelter- (pel'ter), n. [(. ME. peltyer, pelleter, ing such as the modern TrittH<i< 7/////C. 
/"Iliter, peleter, < OF. peletier, pelletier (F. pel- Peltochelys (pel-tok'e-lis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
letter), a skinner, turr\er,< !><!,< L. y7/w, a skin, -i'r-ti, -A shield, + jttuf, a tortoise.] Tbename- 
hide: seepelfl.] A dealer in skins or hides; a giving genus of 1'cltockflyitltt, based upon fos- 
skinner. sil forms occurring in the Wealden. 
who or that which pelts. 2. A shower of mis 
siles; a storm, as of falling rain, hailstones. 
eta. [Colloq.] 
Presently, am il hi r shower came; . . . pebbles came rat- -p , t 
tllng all about Bonnie. She shrnggi-d up her shoulders ^eltOCepnalUS (pel-to-Hef a-lus), n. 
iui.l ..hut her eyes during the peUtr. 
Kelii/iinu Herald. March I 
3. A passion; a fit of anger. [Colloq.] 
Pelta Lunata, from statue of an 
Am.i/.iii in the Capitoline Museum. 
Kotne. 
Yea, let aucbe ptUert prate, aainte Needham be their 
speede, 
Wcncede no t*xt to answer them, but this, The Lord hath 
2. A fool. 
The veriest JX&CT- pildc male seme 
endall'i Flatten of Epigrammet (1677), 
See effect. 
having a spiral, paucispiral, or pileiform char- 
acter. It includes the families I'alyptrridv, 
llipjmnycida, Xenophoridtr, and Naricidx. 
Peltogaster (pel-to-gas'ter), n. [NL., < Gr. 
irtf.Tt], a shield, + faeri/p, stomach.] A genus 
of rhizocephalous cirripeds, type of a family 
Peltogantridte. They are parasitic upon hermit- 
crabs. See Khizocephala. 
peltiform (pel'ti-fdrm), a. [< L. pelta, a shield, 
+ forma, shape.] Peltate in form; shield- 
shaped. 
Peltigera (pel-tij'e-rft), n. [NL., < L. pelta, a 
shield, + gerere, carry.] A genus of lichens 
aolete; the aeies are combined; and from'the Infundl- 
buliform anterior end are Klven off the root-like processes 
which ramify and burrow deeply In the substance of the 
host. 8ee cut under Khitaeephala. 
Peltophorum (pel-tof'6-rum), n. [NL. (T. Vo- 
gel, 1837), < Or. jrttn?, a shield, + -?opoc, < jtpeiv 
Arrow-arum. Peltanetra uKdulatti (f. Virfiniea). 
i. The Inflorescence, inclosed by the spathe during anthesis. . 
The fruiting spadix, tnclo&edhy the persistent spathc. 3. Leaf, show- 
ing the nervation, a, upper part of the spadix ; *, a fruit 
tal veiny arrow-shaped leaves on long sheathing stalks, 
and flowers forming a tapering spadix, staminate above, 
inclosed In a green convolute and ruftlcd curving spathe, 
and enveloping a globose mass of leathery berry-like utri- 
cles, each separating in early spring as a ball of reddish 
tenacious jelly investing a green and conspicuous spheri- 
cal fleshy embryo. Its thick Heshy rootstock contains an 
edible starch. 
Peltandreae (pel-tan'dre-e), n. pi. [NL. (Eng- 
ler, 1879), < Peltandra +'-eee.] A tribe of inono- 
cotyledouous plants of the order Araceee and 
the subfamily PIModendroideie, consisting of 
the genus Pclttiinlrti. 
peltarion (pel-ta'ri-on), n. [NL., < Gr. mfad- 
ptov, dim. of irttrv, a small, light shield: see 
pelta.] 1. PI. peltaria (-ft). In conch., a fossil 
body of oval or subcirciilar concavo-convex 
form, found in Jurassic strata, supposed to be 
the opercnlum of a shell of the genus Neritopsis. 
l-'.nciji: Diet. 2. [cap.] A genus of crustaceans. 
lous beneath, where it is deprived of'the~corti- ^ e . SSf^SSSlttttl ".1 th ? W1 f A >KT 
cal layer. The apothecl, are P peltiform, the spore. Z ' T ", ^/l'" ^ F"** 
fusiform or aclcular and many-ceiled. P. caniua lithe gma. There tMjai.la-8 In tropical America, 1 In 
dog lichen or ground-liverwort, formerly considered as a 555 A ,' rit ' a ' ttnd 2 ln the Indian archipelago and tropical 
cure for hydrophobia (see cut under lichen)- and / aph- Aurtnl1111 - Tne y we tall trees without thorns, bearing 
thorn is the thrush-lichen, which Is purgative and anthel- '"pinnate leaves of numerous small leaflets, yellow ra- 
mlntlc. cenied flowers In panicles at the end of the branches, and 
neltieerine (Del-tii'e-rinl a f( Peltinrrn 4- I)ro * lfl tt ne <llndehl8centpods having wing-like margins 
ireiKipeiiue Mujenn;, a. l\t and containing usually one or two small flatU-nediSSS. 
-tne*.\ In bot., belonging to, resembling, or Reebrtuiletto 
characteristic of the genus Peltigera. Peltops (pel'tops), . [NL. (J. Wagler, 1829), 
peltinerved (pel'ti-nervd), a. [< L. pelta, a < Gr. wW.rv, a shield, + 6*. face.] A remark- 
shield, + ncnus, nerve, + -eda.] In bot., hav- , able genus of flycatchers of the family Mu*ci- 
? nerves radiating from a point at or near eapitte, confined to the Papuan region, having 
tho center: said of a leaf^ See nerration the bill very broad and stout at the base, the 
peltmgi (pel ting) n. [Verbal n. of pelfl, v.] nostrils round and exposed, the wings pointed, 
A beating or belaboring with missiles, as with and the plumage black, white, and crimson. 
Stones, snow-balls, etc. The only species is P. blainrillei, about seven Inches long. 
Poor naked wretches, whereaoe'er you are, Tlu ' genus Is also called KroUa and Platytlomiu. 
Tliat bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. pelt-rot (pelt'rot). n. A disease in sheep, in 
Shot., Lear, Hi. 4. 29. which the wool falls off, leaving the body bare : 
A professorship at Hertford Is well imagined, and if he hence sometimes called naked disease. 
can keep clear of contusions at the annual pellimi*. all 
will be well. Sydney Smith, To Lady Holland. 
a. [Ppr. of pel ft, .] 1. 
down hard: as, & pelting shower. 
Through pelting rain 
And howling wind he reached the gate again 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, III. 248. 
2f. Angry; passionate. 
They were all In a pelting heat 
Bvnyan, Pilgrim's Progress, It, Hill Difficulty. 
Good drink makes good blood, and shall pelting words 
spill it? Lyly, Alexander and Campaspe, v. 3. (Xnrct.) 
In a pelting chafe she brake all to peeces the wenches 
imagery worke, that was so curiously woven and so fnll 
of varletle, with her shlttle. 
Toptell, Serpents, p. 260. (llallitctU.) 
peltast (pel tast), . [< Gr. ir*ra<rr, a light- pelting 2 ! (pel'ting), a. [Appar. a var. of "palt- 
armed soldier, < MMy, a light shield : see pelta.] ig for paltring : see paltring, and cf. pelterS, 
In (r'c. antii/., a light-armed soldier: so called peltry?.] Mean; paltry; contemptible 
from tho light shield he carried. See pelta, 1. ^^^^ , ow tm Z 
peltate (pel'tat), a. [< L. peltate, armed witli Poor pelting villages, sheep-cotes, and mills, 
a light shield, < pelta, a light shield : see pelta.] Shot., Lear, It 3. 18. poltry't, n. 
Shield-shaped; in bot., fixed to 
the stalk by the center or by 
some point distinctly within the 
margin; having the petiole in- 
serted into the under surface of 
the lamina, not far from the cen- 
ter: as, a, peltate leaf. 
peltated (pol'ta-ted), n. [<pel- 
tutr + -<il'-.] Same *s peltate. 
peltately (pel'tat-li), >i,lr. In a 
peltate form. 
peltatifld (pel-tat'i-fid), . [< L. pcltatus, 
teto, +. tidHS, <finderc(^fid), cleave.] In 6ot., peltmonger (pelt'mung'ger), . A dealer in 
peltate and cut into subdivisions. pelts; a furrier. 
peltation foeUi'ihga), . |< peltate + -ion.] Peltocephalid8e(pel'to-se-fari-de),B./. [NL., 
A peltate form or formation. < MMMjMM T -i<tif.] A family of pleuro- 
Peltate Leaf of 
Hydrocotyle vttl. ' 
fart's. 
And so is niiK-h spent, In finding out fine fetches and 
packing vp pelting matters. 
Afcham, The Scholemaster, p. 143. 
Pay the poor pelting knaves that know no goodness ; 
And cheer your heart up handsomely. 
Fletcher, Beggar's Bush, Iv. 1. 
peltinglyt (pel'ting-li), adv. 
contemptible manner. 
Mine own modest petition, my friend's diligent labour 
our High-Chancellors roost honourable and extraordinary 
commendation, were all peUingly defeated by a shy prac- 
tice of the old Fox, whose acts and monuments shall never 
die- 0. llartey, Four Letters, 111. 
... . , n. ; pi. peltries (-triz). [< ME. 
peltry, yellctcri, "pelleterie, < OF. peleterie, pelle- 
terie, skins collectively, the trade of a skinner, 
< peletier, pelletier, a skinner: Bee pelter^. Cf. 
pel ft.] 1. Pelta collectively, or a lot of pelts 
together: usually applied in furriery to raw 
pelts with the fur on, dried or otherwise cured, 
but not yet tanned or dressed into the furs as 
worn. 
The profits of a little trafflck he drove In peltry. 
Smollett. 
The exports were land productions . . . and peltrv from 
the Indians. Banentfl, HUt U. 8., II. 407. 
2. A pelt; a fur-skin. 
Now and then the "Company's Yacht" . . . was sent 
to the fort with supplies, and to bring away the ptUriet 
which had been purchased of the Indians. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 178. 
Frontiersmen . . . make their living by trapping, pel- 
triet being very valuable and yet not bulky. 
T. Rootmli, The Century, XXXVI. 882. 
[Appar. an error for or an altera- 
In a pelting or 
tion of pelfry (simulating pelter*, pelting'*, pal- 
try).] A trifle ; trash. 
As Pnbllns gentllly received Paule, and by hym was 
healed of all hys dyseases, so ded myne host Lambert re- 
cey ve me also gentllly, and by me was delyvered from hys 
vsyne beleve of purgatorye, and of other popjrsh ptUryet. 
Bp. Bolt, Vocacyon(HarL Misc., fT440). 
peltry-waret (pel'tri-war), . Skins; fnrs; 
peltry. 
Nowe Been and Bakon bene fro Prase ybrought 
Into (landers, as loned and farre ysought ; 
Osmond, Copper, Bow-staues, Steele, and Were, 
Peltremm and grey Pitch, Teire, Board, and flere. 
llaMtiyt, Voyaget, I. 102. 
pelt-wool (pelt'wtl), . Wool from the skin 
of a dead sheep, 
peltyert, . A Middle English form ofpetleri. 
