PELLET

I. noun Etymology: Middle English pelote, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *pilota, diminutive of Latin pila ball Date: 14th century 1. a usually small rounded, spherical, or cylindrical body (as of food or medicine), a wad of indigestible material (as of bones and fur) regurgitated by a bird of prey, any of various projectiles fired from a weapon (as an air rifle), ~al adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1597 ~ize , to strike with ~s