Webster's Dictionary 1913

1864

Peasantry

Peas″ant‐ry (?), n. 1. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. “A bold peasantry.” Goldsmith.2. Rusticity; coarseness. p. Butler.

1865

Peascod

Peas″cod′ (?), n. The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.

1866

Pease

Pease (?), n.; obs.pl. Peases (#), Peasen (#). [See Pea.] 1. A pea. “A peose.” “Bread... of beans and of peses.” Piers Plowman.2. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.

1867

Peastone

Pea″stone′ (?), n.(Min.) Pisolite.

1868

Peasweep

Peas″weep′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The pewit, or lapwing. (b) The greenfinch.

1869

Peat

Peat (?), n. [Cf. Pet a fondling.] A small person; a pet; — sometimes used contemptuously. Shak.

1870

Peat (2)

Peat, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. b�tan to better, mend (a fire), b�t advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.] A substance of v...

1871

Peaty

Peat″y (?), a. Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.

1872

Peavey

{ Pea″veyPea″vy } (?), n.(Lumbering) A cant hook having the end of its lever armed with a spike.

1873

Peba

Pe″ba (pē″bȧ), n. [Cf. Pg. peba.] (Zoöl.) An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; — called also tatouhou.

1874

Pebble

Peb″ble (?), n. [AS. papolstān; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See Stone.] 1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebb...

1875

Pebble (2)

Peb″ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n.Pebbling.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

1876

Pebbled

Peb″bled (?), a. Abounding in pebbles. Thomson.

1877

Pebblestone

Peb″ble‐stone′ (?). A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. “Chains of pebblestone.” Marlowe.

1878

Pebbly

Peb″bly (?), a. Full of pebbles; pebbled. “A hard, pebbly bottom.” Johnson.

1879

Pebrine

‖Pe′brine″ (?), n. An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood.

1880

Pecan

Pe‐can″ (pē̍‐kăn″), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.] (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya olivæformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where ...

1881

Pecary

Pec″a‐ry (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Peccary.

1882

Peccability

Pec′ca‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being peccable; liability to sin.The common peccability of mankind. Dr. H. More.

1883

Peccable

Pec″ca‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. peccable. See Peccant.] Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. “A frail and peccable mortal.” Sir W. Scott.

1884

Peccadillo

Pec′ca‐dil″lo (?), n.; pl.Peccadillos (#). [Sp. pecadillo, dim. of pecado a sin, fr. L. peccatum. See Peccant.] A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault. Sir W. Scott.

1885

Peccancy

Pec″can‐cy (?), n. [L. peccantia.] 1. The quality or state of being peccant.2. A sin; an offense. W. Montagu.

1886

Peccant

Pec″cant (?), a. [L. peccans, -antis, p. pr. of peccare to sin: cf. F. peccant.] 1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton.2. Morbid; corrupt; as...

1887

Peccant (2)

Pec″cant, n. An offender. Whitlock.

1888

Peccantly

Pec″cant‐ly, adv. In a peccant manner.

1889

Peccary

Pec″ca‐ry (?), n.; pl.Peccaries (#). [From the native South American name: cf. F. pécari, Sp. pecar.] (Zoöl.) A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles.☞ The collared peccary, or tajac...

1890

Peccavi

‖Pec‐ca″vi (?). I have sinned; — used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense. Aubrey.