pelt rot

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Pelt \Pelt\ (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF.
   pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr.
   peltry.]
   1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed
      hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering
      on it. See 4th {Fell}. --Sir T. Browne.
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            Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.
                                                  --Fuller.
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   2. The human skin. [Jocose] --Dryden.
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   3. (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
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   {Pelt rot}, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
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