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davey b | 21:30 Mon 16th Mar 2015 | Crosswords
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Examine a handle P?R?SE
Fall & fell PELT (can anyone please parse?)
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Peruse
21:33 Mon 16th Mar 2015
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Peruse - 'per' (a) + 'use' (handle)
Pelt - fall, as rain eg & fell, a covering of rough hair
21:35 Mon 16th Mar 2015
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Obscure, but to pelt can mean to fall heavily (as in it's pelting down, during a heavy rainfall). It also means to assail vigorously with missiles to fell (cause to fall to the ground) someone.
21:37 Mon 16th Mar 2015
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Stick with LIK, I hadn't come across that meaning of fell.
21:39 Mon 16th Mar 2015
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Thanks folks much obliged.
21:39 Mon 16th Mar 2015

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