Pellet
Pellet (pel"let) , noun
[French pelote, Late Latin pelota, pilota, from Latin pila a ball. Compare Platoon.]
1.
A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.
2.
A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obsolete] — Bacon
As swift as a pellet out of a gun.
Collocations (2)
Pellet gun , a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal.
Pellet molding (Architecture) , a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.
Pellet , transitive verb
To form into small balls; to pelletize. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare