Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . , peeking.] To looknarrowly, curiously, or snarply; to peep, pry. Peevish, pevish, a. Habitually fretful; easily vexedor fretted ; expressing discontent and fretfulness;querulous; petulant; cross; testy; captious; discon-tented. Peg, peg, M. A wooden nail or pin. — v. t. [pegged(pegd), -GIXG.] To fasten with pegs; to confine, re-strict, restrain, or Umit. Pekoe, peko or peko, n. A kind of black
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . , peeking.] To looknarrowly, curiously, or snarply; to peep, pry. Peevish, pevish, a. Habitually fretful; easily vexedor fretted ; expressing discontent and fretfulness;querulous; petulant; cross; testy; captious; discon-tented. Peg, peg, M. A wooden nail or pin. — v. t. [pegged(pegd), -GIXG.] To fasten with pegs; to confine, re-strict, restrain, or Umit. Pekoe, peko or peko, n. A kind of black tea. Pelagian, pe-lajT-an, n. {Eccl. Hist.) A follower ofFetagius, a monk of the 4th cent, who denied thereceived doctrines in re-spect to original sin, freewill, grace, and the meritof good works. — Pela-gianism, -izm, n. Thedoctrines of Pelagius. Pelerine, peFe-ren, n. Aladys long cape, withends coming down be-fore. Pelf, pelf, n. Money; rich-es ; wealth, — esp. some-thing ill gotten or worth-less. Pelican, pelT-kan, n. Alarge web-footed water-fowl, havingan enormousbill, to which is attacheda pouch for holding fish ;a chemical glass vessel,or alembic, with a tubu-lated head, from which. Amer. White Pelican.
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