Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pelter \Pelt"er\, n.
   One who pelts.

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

Source : WordNet®

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