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   Pellet (pĕlˈlĕt), n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball.  Cf. Platoon.]
   1. A little ball; as, “a pellet of wax on paper”.
   
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   2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer.
   
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   Pellet gun a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal. -- Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.
   
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   Pellet, v. t. To form into small balls; to pelletize. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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