*pelle*

n. [ F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare. ] (Law) (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant. (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] (Mus.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. capelet. ] (Far.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [ Poetic. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compels or constrains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, expels. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. motivated by an irresistable compulsion.
Syn. -- driven. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. impellens, p. pr. of impellere. ] Having the quality of impelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An impelling power or force. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, impels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually repellent. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] (Mus.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with lapels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon. ] 1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To form into small balls; to pelletize. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [ R. ] “This pelleted storm.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form into small balls; as, to pelletize ore. The spelling pelletise is mostly British. [ PJC ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who, or that which, propels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Propeller wheel, the screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which repels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, repels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being self-repelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who spells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spelling book. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]