Difference between revisions of "Catapelting"

Revision as of 14:59, 15 June 2006

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)

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-*'''Catapulting''' - the act of throwing something by use of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult Catapult]
+* '''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]
+* '''pelting:''' striking or assailing repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombarding &rarr; [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.
+* ''F'' '''catapulte:''' a type of siege engine &rarr; Lazare Sain&eacute;an, ''La Langue de Rabelais'' (Paris 1922)