Difference between revisions of "Catapelting"

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*'''Catapulting''' - the act of throwing something by use of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult Catapult]
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* '''catapulting:''' the act of throwing something by use of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult catapult]
  
*'''pelting''' - To strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard: ''pelted each other with snowballs''. source: [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pelt Dictionary.com]
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* '''pelting:''' striking or assailing repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombarding → [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pelt pelt]
  
*early versions of the catapult were known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista Ballistas]. See entry for ''camibalistics'' found in this same sentence.
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* ''F'' '''catapulte:''' a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, ''La Langue de Rabelais'' (Paris 1922)

Revision as of 13:59, 15 June 2006

  • catapulting: the act of throwing something by use of a catapult
  • pelting: striking or assailing repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombarding → pelt
  • F catapulte: a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, La Langue de Rabelais (Paris 1922)