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A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

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  1. n. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.
  2. n. A bullet; a ball for firearms.
  3. v./. To form into small balls.
  4. n. a small rounded mass of a substance
  5. n. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
  6. 1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax . 2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks. To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.