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PEE'VISH, a. 1. Fretful; petulant; apt to mutter and complain; easily vexed or f...
PEE'VISHLY, adv. Fretfully; petulantly; with discontent and murmuring.
PEE'VISHNESS, n. Fretfulness; petulance; disposition to murmur; sourness of temp...
PEG, n. [This is probably from the root of L.pango, pactus; Gr. denoting that wh...
PEG'GER, n. One that fastens with pegs.
PEGM, n. pem. [Gr.] A sort of moving machine in the old pageants.
PEG'MATITE, n. Primitive granitic rock, composed essentially of lamellar feldspa...
PEIRAS'TIC,a. [Gr. to strain, to attempt.] Attempting; making trial. 1. Treating...
PEISE. [See Poise .]
PEK'AN, n. A species of weasel.
PEL'AGE, n. [L. pilus, hair.] The vesture or covering of wild beasts, consisting...
PELA'GIAN PELA'GIANISM, n. The doctrines of Pelagius.
PEL'AGIC, a. [L. pelagus, the sea.] Pertaining to the sea; as pelagian shells. P...
PELF, n. [probably allied to pilfer.] Money; riches; but it often conveys the id...
PEL'ICAN, n. [Low L. pelicanus.] 1. A fowl of the genus Pelicanus. It is larger ...
PE'LIOM, n. [Gr. black color.] A mineral, a variety of iolite.