Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PEASTONE

PE'ASTONE, noun A subspecies of limestone.

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PEAT

PEAT, noun A substance resembling turf, used as fuel. It is found in low grounds or moorish lands, and is of several species; one is of a brown or yellowish brown color, and whe...

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PEAT-MOSS

PEAT-MOSS, noun [peat and moss.] An earthy material used as fuel.1. A fen producing peat.

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PEBBLE

PEB'BLEPEB'BLE-CRYSTAL, noun A crystal in form of nodules, found in earthy stratums and irregular in shape.

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PEBBLE-CRYSTAL

PEB'BLE-CRYSTAL, n. A crystal in form of nodules, found in earthy stratums and irregular in shape.

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PEBBLED

PEB'BLED, adjective Abounding with pebbles.

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PEBBLESTONE

PEB'BLESTONE, noun In popular usage, a roundish stone of any kind from the size of a nut to that of a man's head. In a philosophical sense, minerals distinguished from flints by...

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PEBBLY

PEB'BLY, adjective Full of pebbles; abounding with small roundish stones.

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PEC-CARY

PEC-CARY, noun A quadruped of Mexico, in general appearance resembling a hog, but its body is less bulky, its legs shorter, and its bristles thicker and stronger, like the quill...

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PECARY

PEC'ARYPECCABIL'ITY, noun [from peccable.] State of being subject to sin; capacity of sinning.

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PECCABLE

PEC'CABLE, adjective [from Latin pecco.]Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.

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PECCADILLO

PECCADIL'LO, noun [Latin peccatum.]1. A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.2. A sort of stiff ruff.

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PECCANCY

PEC'CANCY, noun [from peccant.] Bad quality; as the peccancy of the humors.1. Offense.

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PECCANT

PEC'CANT, adjective [Latin peccans. See Peccable.]1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as peccant angels.2. Morbid; bad; corrupt; not healthy; as peccant humors...

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PECCAVI

PECCA'VI. [Latin I have offended.] A colloquial word used to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

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PECHBLEND

PECH'BLEND, noun Pitchblend, an ore of uranium; a metallic substance found in masses, or stratified with earths or with other minerals, in Swedish and Saxon mines. It is of a bl...

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PECK

PECK, noun1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as a peck of wheat or oats.2. In low language, a great deal; as, to be in a peck of troubles.PECK, verb ...

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PECKED

PECK'ED, participle passive Struck or penetrated with a beak or pointed instrument.

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PECKER

PECK'ER, noun One that pecks; a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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PECKING

PECK'ING, participle present tense Striking with the bill; thrusting the beak into; thrusting into with a pointed instrument; taking up food with the beak.

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PECKLED

PECKLED, for speckled, not used.

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PECTINAL

PEC'TINAL, adjective [Latin pecten, a comb; pecto, to comb.]Pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.PEC'TINAL, noun A fish whose bones resemble the teeth of a comb.

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PECTINATE

PEC'TINATEPEC'TINATED, adjective [from Latin pecten, a comb.] Having resemblance to the teeth of a comb. In botany, a pectinate leaf is a sort of pinnate leaf, in which the leaf...

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PECTINATED

PEC'TINATED, a. [from L. pecten, a comb.] Having resemblance to the teeth of a comb. In botany, a pectinate leaf is a sort of pinnate leaf, in which the leaflets are toothed lik...

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PECTINATION

PECTINA'TION, noun The state of being pectinated.1. A combing; the combing of the head.

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PECTINITE

PEC'TINITE, noun [Latin pecten, a comb.]A fossil pecten or scallop, or scallop petrified.

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PECTORAL

PEC'TORAL, adjective [Latin pectoralis, from pectus, breast.]Pertaining to the breast; as the pectoral muscles; pectoral medicines.The pectoral fins of a fish are situated on th...