peppering

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peppering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pepper \Pep"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peppered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Peppering.]
     1. To sprinkle or season with pepper.
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     2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows,
        upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or
        wounds; as, to pepper him with buckshot. "I have peppered
        two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world."
        --Shak.
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  Peppering \Pep"per*ing\, a.
     Hot; pungent; peppery. --Swift.
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