pelter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pelter
    n 1: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge},
         {waterspout}, {torrent}, {pelter}, {soaker}]
    2: a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the
       pelters"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pelter \Pelt"er\, n.
   One who pelts.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pelter \Pel"ter\, n.
   A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
   [Obs.] "Let such pelters prate." --Gascoigne.
   [1913 Webster]

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