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Pecolafe
peace »rt^, ; tranquil
Peaceableness n. *Ttf^,
im I Peaceably adv.
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Peaceful ( ) adj: quiet, tranquil
■Tf^, I Peacefully adv.
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Peaceless adj. without peace I
Peacemaker n. one who reconciles enemies
Peace-ojffering ( ) n. an offering to
God to bring about peace C5t<T,
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Peach ( ) n. a tree with a delicious fruit
I Peacher n. a betra-
yer of his accomplice
I Peachy = like a peach I
Peacock ( ) «. a large gallinaceous bird
with a long and very beautiful tail
I ( /«m. Peahen), Peachick n.
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Peak ( ) n. the top of a mountain
- the pointed end of anything ^1,
CVfrsn CWH) ; the pro- jecting part of a cap in the front ^t^-
I Pea-king adj. sickly i
Peal ( ) n. a loud sound »Rr ;
a chime IfWWS i —v. t. or
0. r. to ring ; to resound ^W1, ^ ;
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Pcan, Pmn ( ) n. a song of triumph
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Pear ( C^’n^ ) n. a kind of juicy conical fruit I
Pearl ( ) n. a gem found in certain shell- fish ; a white speck on the eye
5^ 5lf5| I Pearly adj. ;
tt-ansparent i
Pearl-eyed ( ) adj. having a white
speck on the eye IpnnTl
Pearl-fishery ( ) n. a place for or occupation of fishing for pearls C^t^1
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Peasant ( ) n. one who lives by
rural labour 5^51 C«l^
Peasantry ( ) n. rustics, tillers of the
soil c«f^, C21^ I
Pease see Pea.
Peat ( ) n. decayed vegetable matter like
turf C'*T:»l*f1 «ltt% «r^1 I
Pebble ( ) n. a small roundish stone
- a transparent rock crystal
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Peccability ( ), Peccancy n. sinful- ness I
Peccable ( ) adj. liable to sin
Peccadillo (• ) n. a trifling sin, a
petty fault C'Tt^ I
Peccant ( c*f’C^-^ ) adj. sinning, guilty ^ I
Peck ( ) V. t. to strike with the beak or
something pointed ;
to pick up wifh the beak «n i Pecker n I Peklsh-- ( colhq. ) hungry <r^l, I
Pecksniff ( ) n. an unprincipled hy- pocrite I
Pectic ( ) adj. cordling I
Pectinal (C*l’f^C^l?[) adj. comb-like ;
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Pectoral ( ) adj. relating to the
breast i — n. a breast- plate ; a medicine for the
breast i Pectoral fins=
the anterior fins of fishes *111^ T
Pectoral theology nql irfrstq I
Peculate ( ) v. t. to embezzle
- R <R cqtnq i Peculation
n. nqq
