Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Peerless

Peer″less (?), a. Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative. “Her peerless feature.” Shak.Unvailed her peerless light. Milton.—Peer″less‐ly, adv. — Peer″less‐ness, n.

2081

Peert

Peert (?), a. Same as Peart.

2082

Peerweet

Peer″weet (?), n. Same as Pewit (a & b).

2083

Peevish

Pee″vish (?), a. [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.] 1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; h...

2084

Peevishly

Pee″vish‐ly, adv. In a peevish manner. Shak.

2085

Peevishness

Pee″vish‐ness, n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.Syn. — See Petulance.

2086

Peevit

{ Pee″vit (?), Pee″wit (?), } n.(Zoöl.) See Pewit.

2087

Peg

Peg (?), n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of bo...

2088

Peg (2)

Peg (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pegged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pegging (?).] 1. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict o...

2089

Peg (3)

Peg, v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; — usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

2090

Peg (4)

Peg, n. A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.This over, the club will be visted for a “peg,” Anglice drink. Harper's Mag.

2091

Pegador

‖Pe′ga‐dor″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.

2092

Pegasean

Pe‐ga″se‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.

2093

Pegasoid

Peg″a‐soid (?), a. [Pegasus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to Pegasus.

2094

Pegasus

Peg″a‐sus (?), n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, t...

2095

Pegger

Peg″ger (?), n. One who fastens with pegs.

2096

Pegging

Peg″ging (?), n. The act or process of fastening with pegs.

2097

Pegm

Pegm (pēm), n. [L. pegma a movable stage, Gr. πη̑γμα, orig., a framework.] A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. B. Jonson.

2098

Pegmatite

Peg″ma‐tite (?), n. [From Gr. πη̑γμα something fastened together, in allusion to the quartz and feldspar in graphic granite: cf. F. pegmatite. See Pegm.] (Min.) (a) Graphic gran...

2099

Pegmatitic

Peg′ma‐tit″ic (?), a.(Min.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.

2100

Pegmatoid

Peg″ma‐toid (?), a. [Pegmatite + -oid.] (Min.) Resembling pegmatite; pegmatic.

2101

Pegomancy

Peg″o‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. πηγή fountain + -mancy.] Divination by fountains.

2102

Pegroots

Peg″roots′ (pĕg″ro͞ots′), n. Same as Setterwort.

2103

Pehlevi

Peh″le‐vi′ (?), n. [Parsee Pahlavi.] An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perha...

2104

Peignoir

‖Pei′gnoir″ (?), n. [F., fr. peigner to comb, L. pectinare. See Pectinate.] A woman's loose dressing sack; hence, a loose morning gown or wrapper.

2105

Pein

Pein (?), n. See Peen.

2106

Peirameter

Pei‐ram″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. πει̑ρα a trial + -meter.] A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions. G. Francis.