Webster's Dictionary 1828

919

PEISE

PEISE. [See Poise.]

920

PEKAN

PEK'AN, noun A species of weasel.

921

PELAGE

PEL'AGE, noun [Latin pilus, hair.] The vesture or covering of wild beasts, consisting of hair, fur or wool.

922

PELAGIAN

PELA'GIANPELA'GIANISM, noun The doctrines of Pelagius.

923

PELAGIANISM

PELA'GIANISM, n. The doctrines of Pelagius.

924

PELAGIC

PEL'AGIC, adjective [Latin pelagus, the sea.] Pertaining to the sea; as pelagian shells.PELA'GIAN, noun [from Pelagius, a native of Great Britain, who lived in the fourth centur...

925

PELF

PELF, noun [probably allied to pilfer.] Money; riches; but it often conveys the idea of something ill gotten or worthless. It has no plural.

926

PELICAN

PEL'ICAN, noun [Low Latin pelicanus.]1. A fowl of the genus Pelicanus. It is larger than the swan, and remarkable for its enormous bill, to the lower edges of the under chop of ...

927

PELIOM

PE'LIOM, noun [Gr. black color.] A mineral, a variety of iolite.

928

PELISSE

PELISSE, noun pelee's. [Latin pellis, skin.] Originally, a furred robe or coat. But the name is now given to a silk coat or habit worn by ladies.

929

PELL

PELL, noun [Latin pellis.] A skin or hide.Clerk of the pells, in England, an officer of the exchequer, who enters every teller's bill on the parchment rolls, the roll or receipt...

930

PELLET

PEL'LET, noun [Latin pila, a ball.]A little ball; as a pellet of wax or lint.1. A bullet; a ball for fire-arms. [Not now used.]

931

PELLETED

PEL'LETED, adjective Consisting of bullets.

932

PELLICLE

PEL'LICLE, noun [Latin pellicula, dim. of pellis, skin.]A thin skin or film.1. Among chimists, a thin saline crust formed on the surface of a solution of salt evaporated to a ce...

933

PELLITORY

PEL'LITORY, noun [Latin parietaria, the wall plant, from paries.]The name of several plants of different genera. The pellitory of the wall or common pellitory is of the genus Pa...

934

PELLUCID

PELLU'CID, adjective [Latin pellucidus; per and lucidus; very bright. See Light.] Perfectly clear; transparent; not opake; as a body as pellucid as crystal.

935

PELLUCIDITY

PELLUCID'ITYPELLU'CIDNESS, noun Perfect clearness; transparency; as the pellucidity of the air; the pellucidness of a gem.

936

PELT

PELT, noun [Latin pellis.]1. The skin of a beast with the hair on it; a raw hide.2. The quarry of a hawk all torn.3. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [infra.]PELT, verb t...

937

PELTATE

PELT'ATEPELT'ATED, adjective [Latin pelta, a target.] In botany, having the shape of a target or round shield, as a peltate stigma; having the petiole inserted in the disk, as a...

938

PELTATELY

PELT'ATELY, adverb In the form of a target.

939

PELTED

PELT'ED, participle passive Struck with something thrown or driven.

940

PELTER

PELT'ER, noun One that pelts; also, a pinch-penny; a mean, sordid person.

941

PELTING

PELT'ING, participle present tense Striking with something thrown or driven.PELT'ING, noun An assault with any thing thrown.PELT'ING, adjective In Shakespeare, mean; paltry. [Im...

942

PELTRY

PEL'TRY, noun [from pelt, a skin.] The skins of animals producing fur; skins in general, with the fur on them; furs in general.

943

PELVIMETER

PELVIM'ETER, noun [Latin pelvis, and Gr. measure.] An instrument to measure the dimensions of the female pelvis.

944

PELVIS

PEL'VIS, noun [Latin pelvis a bason.] The cavity of the body formed by the os sacrum, os coccyx, and ossa innominata, forming the lower part of the abdomen.

945

PEN

PEN, noun [Latin penna; pinna, a fin, that is, a shoot or point.]1. An instrument used for writing, usually made of the quill of some large fowl, but it may be of any other mate...