Dictionary entry

Pepper (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pep″per, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Peppered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Peppering.] 1. To sprinkle or season with pepper.

2. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. “I have peppered two of them.” “I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.” Shak.