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Pedate (pĕd�t), a. [L. pedatus, p. p. of pedare to furnish with feet, fr. pes, pedis, a foot.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf. -- Pedately, adv.
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Pedatifid (?), a. [Pedate + root of L. findere to split.] [Colloq.] Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.
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Peddle (?), v. i. [From .] 1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
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2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
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Peddle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Peddling (?).] To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
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Peddler (?), n. [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.] One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also pedlar and pedler.] “Some vagabond huckster or peddler.” Hakluyt.
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Peddlery (?), n. [Written also pedlary and pedlery.] 1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.
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2. Trifling; trickery. [Obs.] “Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries.” Milton.
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Peddling, a. 1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.
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2. Petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling; -- now less common than piddling. “The miserable remains of a peddling commerce.” Burke.
Syn. -- petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling.
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Pederast (?), n. [Gr. paiderasths; pai^s, paidos, a boy + 'era^n to love: cf. F. pédéraste.] One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
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Pederastic (?), a. [Gr. paiderastikos.] Of or pertaining to pederasty.
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Pederasty (?), n. [Gr. paiderastia: cf. F. pédérastie.] Sexual activity between two males; sodomy; the “crime against nature“; -- used especially when one partner is a boy. The term “crime against nature“ to refer to homosexual activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious conservatives. It was in the Webster, and is left here for historical purposes.
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Pederero (?), n. [Sp. pedrero, fr. OSp. pedra, Sp. piedra, a stone, L. petra, fr. Gr. petra. So named because it was at first charged with stones.] (Mil.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [Written also paterero and peterero.]
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Pedesis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. phdhsis a leaping.] Same as Brownian movement, under .
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Pedestal (?), n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. piédestal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See , and , and .] 1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of .
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Build him a pedestal, and say, “Stand there!” Cowper.
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2. Hence: A short free-standing column or column-like object designed to support a work of art or other object; a column serving the same function as the base of a statue. It may be made of wood, marble, or other suitable material.
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3. (Furniture) A part of a desk which contains a frame and drawers, stands on the floor, and provides support for the desk surface. There may be zero, one, or two such pedestals in a desk.
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4. (a) (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. (b) (Mach.) A pillow block; a low housing. (c) (Bridge Building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
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Coloq. Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.
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Pedestaled (?), a. Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne.
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Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats.
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Pedestrial (?), a. [L. pedester, -esteris, fr. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pédestere. See .] Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.
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Pedestrially, adv. In a pedestrial manner.
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Pedestrian (?), a. 1. Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
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2. Lacking in distinction or imaginativeness; ordinary; commonplace; dull; insipid; prosaic; as, pedestrian prose.
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Pedestrian, n. A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.
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Pedestrianism (?), n. The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.
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Pedestrianize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pedestrianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pedestrianizing.] To practice walking; to travel on foot.
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Pedestrious (?), a. Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] “Pedestrious animals.” Sir T. Browne.
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Pedetentous (?), a. [L. pes, pedis, foot + tendere to stretch out: cf. L. tentim by degrees.] Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.]
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That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. Sydney Smith.
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{ Pedi- (?), Pedo- (?) }. [See .] Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.
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Pedial (?), a. Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal. Dana.
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Pediatric (pĕdĭătrĭk or pēdĭătrĭk), a. [Gr. pai^s, paidos, child + 'iatreia healing.] (Med.) Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children.
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Pediatrics (?), n. That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene and diseases of infants and children.
Syn. -- paediatrics.
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pedicab (pĕdĭkăb) n. a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; as, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs.
Syn. -- cycle rickshaw.
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Pedicel (?), n. [F. pédicelle. See .] 1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See , and Illust. of . (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns.
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2. (Zoöl.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of .
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3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
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Pediceled (?), a. Pedicellate.
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Pedicellaria (?), n.; pl. Pedicellariæ (#). [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Pedicellate (?), a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
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Pedicellina (?), prop. n. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under .
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Pedicle (?), n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pédicule. See , and cf. .] Same as .
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Pedicular (?), a. [L. pedicularis, fr. pediculus a louse: cf. F. pédiculaire.] Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. Southey.
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Pediculate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.
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Pediculati (?), prop. n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of and .
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Pediculation (?), n. (Med.) Phthiriasis.
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Pedicule (?), n. [See .] A pedicel.
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Pediculina (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.
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Pediculous (?), a. [L. pediculosus.] Pedicular.
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Pediculus (?), prop. n.; pl. Pediculi (#). [L., a louse.] (Zoöl.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See .
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Pedicure (?), n. [Pedi- + L. cura care.] 1. Professional care of the feet, toes, and toenails.
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2. A single treatment of the feet, toes, and toenails.
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3. One who cares for the feet and nails; a chiropodist. -- Pedicure, v. t. -- Pedicurism (#), n. -- Pedicurist (#), n.
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Pediform (pĕdĭfôrm), a. [Pedi- + -form.] Shaped like a foot.
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Pedigerous (?), a. [Pedi- + -gerous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing or having feet or legs.
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Pedigree (pĕdĭgrē), n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés by degrees, -- for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.] 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
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Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden.
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His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. Milton.
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I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney.
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The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury.
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2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
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Pedigree clause. A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [Cant, U. S.]
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Pediluvy (?), n. [Pedi- + L. luere to wash: cf. It. & Sp. pediluvio, F. pédiluve.] The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet. [Obs.]
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Pedimana (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
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Pedimane (?), n. [Cf. F. pédimane.] (Zoöl.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
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Pedimanous (?), a. [See .] (Zoöl.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
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Pediment (?), n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See .] (Arch.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See .
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Pedimental (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pediment.
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Pedioecetes n. A genus of fowl including the sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes phasianellus, also called the prairie chicken).
Syn. -- genus Pedioecetes.
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Pedionomus prop. n. A genus of birds including the plains wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) of New South Wales as its only species. It is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is the only species in the family. The total world population (ca. 2000) is estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand. See also http://www.philipmaher.com/plains.htm.
Syn. -- genus Pedionomus.
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Pedipalp (?), n. [Cf. F. pédipalpe.] (Zoöl.) One of the Pedipalpi.
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Pedipalpi (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
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Pedipalpous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
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Pedipalpus (?), n.; pl. Pedipalpi (#). [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.
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Pedireme (?), n. [Pedi- + L. remus oar.] (Zoöl.) A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.
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{ Pedlar, Pedler } (?), n. See .
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Pedobaptism (?), n. [Gr. pai^s, paidos, a child + E. baptism.] The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also pædobaptism.]
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Pedobaptist (?), n. One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written also pædobaptist.]
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Pedograph (pĕd�grȧf), n. [Gr. pedon ground + -graph.] An instrument carried by a pedestrian for automatically making a topographical record of the ground covered during a journey.
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Pedology (?), n. [Gr. pai^s, paidos, child + -logy.] (Med.) Pediatrics.
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Pedomancy (?), n. [Pedi- + -mancy.] Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
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Pedometer (?), n. [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F. pédomètre.] (Mech.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
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{ Pedometric (?), Pedometrical (?), } a. Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.
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Pedomotive (?), a. [Pedi-, pedo- + -motive.] Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
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pedophile (Pēd�fīl) n. A person who has pedophilia.
Syn. -- pedophiliac.
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pedophilia n. A sexual perversion in which children rather than adults most strongly excite sexual desire, and are used as sexual partners.
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pedophiliac n. Same as .
Syn. -- pedophile.
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Pedotrophy (p�dŏtr�f�), n. [Gr. paidotrofia, fr. pai^s, paidos, a child + trefein to nourish: cf. F. pédotrophie.] The art of nourishing children properly.
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Pedrail (?), n. [See ; .] (Mach.) (a) A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle for use on rough roads and to approximate to the smoothness in running of a wheel on a metal track. The tread consists of a number of rubber shod feet which are connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes. Each spoke has attached to it a small roller which in its turn runs under a short pivoted rail controlled by a powerful set of springs. This arrangement permits the feet to accomodate themselves to obstacles even such as steps or stairs. The pedrail was invented by one B. J. Diplock of London, Eng. (b) A vehicle, as a traction engine, having such pedrails.
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Pedregal (?), n. [Sp., a stony place, fr. piedra stone.] A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]
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Pedro (?), n. [From Sp. Pedro Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. Petros.] (Card Playing) (a) The five of trumps in certain varieties of auction pitch. (b) A variety of auction pitch in which the five of trumps counts five.
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Peduncle (?), n. [Formed fr. (assumed) L. pedunculus, dim. of pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pédoncule.] 1. (Bot.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits.
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☞ The ultimate divisions or branches of a peduncle are called pedicels. In the case of a solitary flower, the stalk would be called a peduncle if the flower is large, and a pedicel if it is small or delicate.
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2. (Zoöl.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of .
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3. (Anat.) A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.
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Peduncled (?), a. Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
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Peduncular (?), a. [Cf. F. pédonculaire.] Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.
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Pedunculata (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
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{ Pedunculate (?), Pedunculated (?), } a. (Biol.) Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.
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Pee (?), n. See 1st .
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Pee, n. 1. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See , 3 (c).
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2. Urine.
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3. The act of urinating; -- used in the informal Coloq. take a pee , meaning, to urinate.
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pee, v. i. To urinate. [informal]
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Peece (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See .
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Peechi (?), n. (Zoöl.) The dauw.
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Peek (pēk), v. i. [OE. piken: cf. F. piquer to pierce, prick, E. pique. Cf. .] To look surreptitiously, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. [Colloq.]
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Peekaboo (?), n. A child's game; bopeep.
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peeing (pēĭng), n. Urination; -- an informal term; as, he doesn't like peeing out of doors. [Inform.]
Syn. -- pee, pissing, urinating.
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Peel (pēl), n. [OE. pel. Cf. a heap.] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
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Peel, n. [F. pelle, L. pala.] A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.
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Peel, v. t. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See to rob, .] To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.]
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But govern ill the nations under yoke,
Peeling their provinces. Milton.
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Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (pēld); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. skin). Cf. .] 1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
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The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak.
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2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
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Peel, v. i. 1. To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; -- often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.
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2. To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down . [nformal]
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Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
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Peele (pēl�), n. (Zoöl.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, rhebuck, rhebok, and rehboc.
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peeled (pēld) adj. Naked; -- used informally.
Syn. -- bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked.
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Peeler (pēlẽr), n. One who peels or strips.
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Peeler, n. [See to plunder.] A pillager.
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Peeler, n. A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See .
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Peelhouse (?), n. See 1st . Sir W. Scott.
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Peen (pēn), n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]
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Peen, v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
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Peenge (?), v. i. To complain. [Scot.]
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Peep (pēp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (pēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, pépier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. .] 1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
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There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14.
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2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills.
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When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden.
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