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Definition: PELTRY |
PELTRYNoun1. Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs. |
Date "PELTRY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
Etymology: Peltry \Pelt"ry\, noun. [French expression pelleterie peltry, furriery, from pelletier furrier, from the Old French expression pel skin, French peau, from Latin expression pelis. See Pelt skin, Pell, noun, Fell skin.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PELTRY |
| English words defined with "PELTRY": Peltryware. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PELTRY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëkurë (derm, fell, hide, jacket, leather, Peel, peeling, rind, skin), gëzof (coat, fur, hide, Peel, pelage, pelt, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кожи (furriery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γουναρικά, δέρματα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | irhák. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shehghyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eltrypay pelaria (fur skins, furriery), pelame (furrow), que tomba, couro (alligator, cattle hide, fell, leather, pelt, rind, shagreen, skin). (various references) меха. (various references) roba od krzna. (various references) peletería (furriery). (various references) pälsverk (furriery, furring), skinn (cast, fell, film, fur, fur of a fox, hide, leather, neat's leather, pelt, skin, skins). (various references) postlar, kürk eşya, hayvan derileri. (various references) хутра, покидьки (cast, cull, dross, offal, offscum, outcast, overcast, paltry, refuse, rejectamenta, scruff, trash). (various references) các loại da còn lông các loại da còn sống. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PELTRY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peatry, peltre, pelty, Pentrwyn, pentry, Pentrych, peotry, Petley, petry, pilotari, pilty, pulchri. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PELTRY" (pronounced 'Pelt"ry'): Almry, Avowry, Aweary, Balloonry, Barry, Bawdry, Blurry, Chantry, Charry, Cheerry, Chowry, Commandry, Comminatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Coquetry, Cowries, Cowry, Cymry, Dairy, Disglory, Dismarry, Dowry, Farry, Firry, Forwweary, foundry, Frory, furry, Gharry, hagberry, Henry, Hostry, intermarry, Intervary, Jerry, Jewry, Kimry, Knarry, Knurry, Lampoonry, Lardry, Larry, Lary, Lepry, lory, Lowry, Lurry, merry, miscarry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pertly. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-p-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: plyer, reply. | |
-2 letters: lept, lyre, pelt, pert, prey, pyre, rely, trey, tyer, type, tyre, yelp. | |
-3 letters: let, ley, lye, per, pet, ply, pry, pye, rep, ret, rye, tel, try, tye, yep, yet. | |
-4 letters: el, er, et, pe, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-p-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: peartly, peytral, peytrel, protyle, pteryla. | |
+2 letters: calypter, expertly, peytrals, peytrels, plastery, prettily, priestly, prostyle, protyles, psaltery, pterylae. | |
+3 letters: calypters, expletory, interplay, operantly, painterly, pellitory, perfectly, peristyle, petrology, planetary, polyester, polywater, presently, privately, proselyte, prostyles, prudently, puerility, reputably, reputedly, splintery, spluttery. | |
+4 letters: apparently, archetypal, decrepitly, depilatory, epistolary, eruptively, hypaethral, hyperalert, inexpertly, interplays, intrepidly, malapertly, parentally, paternally, peristyles, perplexity, personalty, petroglyph, phylactery, pleasantry, pleiotropy, plyometric, polyesters, polywaters, poultrymen, pregnantly, prenatally, pristinely, proselyted, proselytes, protoxylem, pruriently, pyrolusite, pyrolysate, pyrolyzate, repeatedly, reportedly, separately, spectrally, sperrylite, spinsterly, spiritedly, sportively, suppletory, telegraphy, temporally, terpolymer, upholstery. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 4C 54 52 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-.. - .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01001100 01010100 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E L T R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 004C 0054 0052 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)503946545259 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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