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peag
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Peag
(gcide) | Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak,
peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by
shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
peag
(wn) | peag
n 1: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and
fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: wampum,
peag, wampumpeag] |
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peagreen
(mass) | pea-green
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wampumpeag
(encz) | wampumpeag, n: |
Peag
(gcide) | Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak,
peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by
shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
peage
(gcide) | Paage \Pa"age\ (p[=a]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F.
p['e]age, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis,
foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law)
A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written
also peage and pedage.] --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak,
peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by
shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Peage \Pe"age\, n.
See Paage.
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Peage
(gcide) | Paage \Pa"age\ (p[=a]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F.
p['e]age, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis,
foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law)
A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written
also peage and pedage.] --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also peage, peak,
peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by
shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Peage \Pe"age\, n.
See Paage.
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peagle
(gcide) | Paigle \Pai"gle\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.
[Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]
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pea-green
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Peagrit
(gcide) | Peagrit \Pea"grit`\, n. (Min.)
A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
[1913 Webster]Pisolite \Pi"so*lite\, n. [Gr. ? a pea + -lite: cf. F.
pisolithe.] (Min.)
A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of
aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; --
called also peastone, peagrit.
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Note: Oolite is similar in structure, but the concretions are
as small as the roe of a fish.
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peagrit
(gcide) | Peagrit \Pea"grit`\, n. (Min.)
A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
[1913 Webster]Pisolite \Pi"so*lite\, n. [Gr. ? a pea + -lite: cf. F.
pisolithe.] (Min.)
A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of
aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; --
called also peastone, peagrit.
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Note: Oolite is similar in structure, but the concretions are
as small as the roe of a fish.
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wampumpeag
(wn) | wampumpeag
n 1: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and
fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: wampum,
peag, wampumpeag] |
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