Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pellet \Pel"let\, n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila
   a ball. Cf. {Platoon}.]
   1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax ? paper.

   2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] --Bacon.

            As swift as a pellet out of a gun.    --Chaucer.

   {Pellet molding} (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with
      smalt, flat disks.