PEAK
PEAK, noun [Eng. pike, beak.]1. The top of a hill or mountain, ending in a point; as the peak of Teneriffe.2. A point; the end of any thing that terminates in a point.3. The upp...
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PEAKING
PE'AKING, adjective Mean; sneaking; poor. [Vulgar.]
PEAKISH
PE'AKISH, adjective Denoting or belonging to an acuminated situation.
PEAL
PEAL, noun [from Latin pello, whence appello, to appeal. The sense is to drive; a peal is a driving of sound. This word seems to belong to the family of Latin balo, and Eng. to ...
PEALED
PE'ALED, participle passive Assailed with sound; resounded; celebrated.
PEALING
PE'ALING, participle present tense Uttering a loud sound or successive sounds; resounding.PE'AN, noun [L poean.] A song of praise or triumph.
PEAN
PE'AN, noun Among the ancients, a song of rejoicing in honor of Apollo; hence, a song of triumph.1. In ancient poetry, a foot of four syllables; written also paeon. Of this ther...
PEANISM
PE'ANISM, noun The song or shouts of praise or of battle; shouts of triumph.
PEAR
PEAR, noun [Latin pyrum.] The fruit of the Pyrus communis, of many varieties, some of which are delicious to the taste.
PEAR-TREE
PEAR-TREE, noun The tree that produces pears.
PEARCH
PEARCH. [See Perch.]
PEARL
PEARL, noun perl.1. A white, hard, smooth, shining body, usually roundish, found in a testaceous fish of the oyster kind. The pearl-shell is called matrix perlarum, mother of pe...
PEARL-EYED
PEARL-EYED, adjective perl'-eyed. Having a speck in the eye.
PEARL-GRASS
PEARL-GRASS, noun A plant of the genus Sagina.
PEARL-SINTER
PEARL-SINTER, noun Fiorite; a variety of silicious sinter, the color gray and white.
PEARL-SPAR
PEARL-SPAR, noun perl'-spar. Brown spar.
PEARL-STONE
PEARL-STONE, noun A mineral regarded as a volcanic production. It occurs in basaltic and porphyritic rocks, and is classed with pitch stone.PEARL-STONE is a subspecies of indivi...
PEARL-WORT
PEARL-WORTPEARLASH, noun perl'ash. An alkali obtained from the ashes of wood; refined potash.
PEARLED
PEARLED, adjective perl'ed. Set or adorned with pearls.
PEARLY
PEARLY, adjective perl'y. Containing pearl; abounding with pearls; as pearly shells; a pearly shore.1. Resembling pearls; clear; pure; transparent; as the pearly flood; pearly dew.
PEARMAIN
PEARMAIN, noun A variety of the apple.
PEAS-ANTLIKE
PEAS-ANTLIKEPEAS-ANTLY, adjective Rude, clownish; illiterate; resembling peasants.
PEAS-ANTLY
PEAS-ANTLY, a. Rude, clownish; illiterate; resembling peasants.
PEAS-COD
PE'AS-CODPEASANT, noun pez'ant. A countryman; one whose business is rural labor.PEASANT, adjective pez'ant. Rustic; rural.
PEASANT
PEASANT, n. pez'ant. A countryman; one whose business is rural labor.PEASANT, a. pez'ant. Rustic; rural.
PEASANTRY
PEASANTRY, noun pez'antry. Peasants; rustics; the body of country people.1. Rusticity. [Not used.]
PEASE
PEASE, noun Peas collectively, or used as food. [See Pea.]