Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Pedate

Ped"ate (?), 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. -- Ped"ate*ly, adv.

Pedatifid

Pe*dat"i*fid (?), 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.

Peddle

Ped"dle (?), v. i. [From Peddler.]

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.

2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.

Peddle

Ped"dle, 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.

Peddler

Ped"dler (?), 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.

Peddlery

Ped"dler*y (?), n. [Written also pedlary and pedlery.]

1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.

2. Trifling; trickery. [Obs.] Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries." Milton.

Peddling

Ped"dling, a.

1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.

2. Petty; insignificant. The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." Burke.

Pederast

Ped"er*ast (?), n. [Gr. paiderasth`s; pai^s, paido`s, a boy + 'era^n to love: cf. F. pédéraste.] One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

Pederastic

Ped`er*as"tic (?), a. [Gr. paiderastiko`s.] Of or pertaining to pederasty.

Pederasty

Ped"er*as`ty (?), n. [Gr. paiderasti`a: cf. F. pédérastie.] The crime against nature; sodomy.<-- esp. with a boy -->

Pederero

Ped`e*re"ro (?), n. [Sp. pedrero, fr. OSp. pedra, Sp. piedra, a stone, L. petra, fr. Gr. . 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.]

Pedesis

Pe*de"sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. a leaping.] Same as Brownian movement, under Brownian.

Pedestal

Ped"es*tal (?), n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. piédestal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See Foot, and Stall, and Footstall.]

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 Column.

Build him a pedestal, and say, Stand there!" Cowper.

2. (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. Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.

Pedestaled

Ped"es*taled (?), a. Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne.

Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats.

Pedestrial

Pe*des"tri*al (?), a. [L. pedester, -esteris, fr. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pédestere. See Pedal.] Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.

Pedestrially

Pe*des"tri*al*ly, adv. In a pedestrial manner.

Pedestrian

Pe*des"tri*an (?), a. Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

Pedestrian

Pe*des"tri*an, n. A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.

Pedestrianism

Pe*des"tri*an*ism (?), n. The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.

Pedestrianize

Pe*des"tri*an*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pedestrianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pedestrianizing.] To practice walking; to travel on foot.

Pedestrious

Pe*des"tri*ous (?), a. Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] Pedestrious animals." Sir T. Browne.

Pedetentous

Ped`e*ten"tous (?), a. [L. pes, pedis, foot + tendere to stretch out: cf. L. tentim by degrees.] Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.]

That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. Sydney Smith.

Pedi-, Pedo-

Ped"i- (?), Ped"o- (?). [See Foot.] Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.
Pedial
Pe"di*al (?), a. Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal. Dana.
Pedicel
Ped"i*cel (?), n. [F. pédicelle. See Pedicle.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower. (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.
2. (Zoöl.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.
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.
Pediceled
Ped"i*celed (?), a. Pedicellate.
Pedicellaria
Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Pedicellariæ (#). [NL. See Pedicel.] (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.
Pedicellate
Ped"i*cel`late (?), a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
Pedicellina
Ped`i*cel*li"na (?), n. [NL. See Pedicel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.
Pedicle
Ped"i*cle (?), n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. pédicule. See edal, and cf. Pedicel.] Same as Pedicel.
Pedicular
Pe*dic"u*lar (?), a. [L. pedicularis, fr. pediculus a louse: cf. F. pédiculaire.] Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. Southey.
Pediculate
Pe*dic"u*late (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.
Pediculati
Pe*dic`u*la"ti (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pedicle.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.
Pediculation
Pe*dic`u*la"tion (?), n. (Med.) Phthiriasis.
Pedicule
Ped"i*cule (?), n. [See Pedicle.] A pedicel.
Pediculina
Pe*dic`u*li"na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pediculus.] (Zoöl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.
Pediculous
Pe*dic"u*lous (?), a. [L. pediculosus.] Pedicular.
Pediculus
Pe*dic"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Pediculi (#). [L., a louse.] (Zoöl.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
Pediform
Ped"i*form (?), a. [Pedi- + -form.] Shaped like a foot.
Pedigerous
Pe*dig"er*ous (?), a. [Pedi- + -gerous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing or having feet or legs.
Pedigree
Ped"i*gree (?), 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.
Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden.

His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. Milton.

I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney.

The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury.

2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
Pediluvy
Ped"i*lu`vy (?), n. [Pedi- + L. luere to wash: cf. It. & Sp. pediluvio, F. pédiluve.] The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet. [Obs.]
Pedimana
Pe*dim"a*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
Pedimane
Ped"i*mane (?), n. [Cf. F. pédimane.] (Zoöl.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
Pedimanous
Pe*dim"a*nous (?), a. [See Pedimana.] (Zoöl.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
Pediment
Ped"i*ment (?), n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See Foot.] (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 Temple.
Pedimental
Ped`i*men"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a pediment.
Pedipalp
Ped"i*palp (?), n. [Cf. F. pédipalpe.] (Zoöl.) One of the Pedipalpi.
Pedipalpi
Ped`i*pal"pi (?), n pl. [NL. See Pedipalpus.] (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.
Pedipalpous
Ped`i*pal"pous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.
Pedipalpus
Ped`i*pal"pus (?), n.; pl. Pedipalpi (#). [NL. See Pes, and Palpus.] (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.
Pedireme
Ped"i*reme (?), n. [Pedi- + L. remus oar.] (Zoöl.) A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.
Pedlar, Pedler
Ped"lar, Ped"ler (?), n. See Peddler.
Pedobaptism
Pe`do*bap"tism (?), n. [Gr. , , a child + E. baptism.] The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also pædobaptism.]
Pedobaptist
Pe`do*bap"tist (?), n. One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written also pædobaptist.]
Pedomancy
Ped"o*man`cy (?), n. [Pedi- + -mancy.] Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
Pedometer
Pe*dom"e*ter (?), n. [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F. pédom\'8atre.] (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.
Pedometric, Pedometrical
Ped`o*met"ric (?), Ped`o*met"ric*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.
Pedomotive
Ped`o*mo"tive (?), a. [Pedi-, pedo- + -motive.] Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
Pedotrophy
Pe*dot"ro*phy (?), n. [Gr. , fr. , , a child + to nourish: cf. F. pédotrophie.] The art of nourishing children properly.
Pedregal
Pe`dre*gal" (?), n. [Sp., a stony place, fr. piedra stone.] A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]
Peduncle
Pe*dun"cle (?), 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. &hand; 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.
2. (Zoöl.) A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.
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.
Peduncled
Pe*dun"cled (?), a. Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
Peduncular
Pe*dun"cu*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. pédonculaire.] Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.
Pedunculata
Pe*dun`cu*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Peduncle.] (Zoöl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
Pedunculate, Pedunculated
Pe*dun"cu*late (?), Pe*dun"cu*la`ted (?), a. (Biol.) Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.
Pee
Pee (?), n. See 1st Pea.
Pee
Pee, n. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See Peak, 3 (c).
Peece
Peece (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See Piece.
Peechi
Pee"chi (?), n. (Zoöl.) The dauw.
Peek
Peek (?), v. i. [OE. piken: cf. F. piquer to pierce, prick, E. pique. Cf. Peak.] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. [Colloq.]
Peekaboo
Peek"a*boo (?), n. A child's game; bopeep.
Peel
Peel (?), n. [OE. pel. Cf. Pile a heap.] A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep. [Scot.]
Peel
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.
Peel
Peel, v. t. [Confused with peel to strip, but fr. F. piller to pillage. See Pill to rob, Pillage.] To plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.]
But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces. Milton.

Peel
Peel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (?); 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. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
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.
The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak.

2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
Peel
Peel, v. i. 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.
Peel
Peel, n. The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.
Peele
Pee"le (?), 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, and rehboc.
Peeler
Peel"er (?), n. One who peels or strips.
Peeler
Peel"er, n. [See Peel to plunder.] A pillager.
Peeler
Peel"er, n. A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby.
Peelhouse
Peel"house` (?), n. See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott.
Peen
Peen (?), 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.]
Peen
Peen, v. t. To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
Peenge
Peenge (?), v. i. To complain. [Scot.]
Peep
Peep (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (?); 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. Pipe.]
1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14.

2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden.