To send such peevish tokens to a king.
Shak.
Syn. -- Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious;
discontented. See Fretful.
Pee"vish*ly, adv. In a peevish manner. Shak.
Pee"vish*ness, n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur;
sourness of temper.
Syn. -- See Petulance.
{ Pee"vit (?), Pee"wit (?), } n. (Zoˆl.) See Pewit.
Peg (?), n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E.
peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards
together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe
peg.
2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc.
Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext;
as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are
strained. Shak.