Shak.
2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she
pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
Peg, v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with
on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
||Pe`ga*dor" (?), n. [Sp., a sticker.] (Zoˆl.) A species of remora
||(Echeneis naucrates). See Remora.
Pe*ga"se*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to
poetry.
Peg"a*soid (?), a. [Pegasus + -oid.] (Zoˆl.) Like or pertaining to
Pegasus.
Peg"a*sus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse
fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is
noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring
fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he
is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of
poetic inspiration.
Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace.
Byron.
2. (Astron.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point.
Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form
the square of Pegasus.
3. (Zoˆl.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the
body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the
East Indies and China.
Peg"ger (?), n. One who fastens with pegs.
Peg"ging (?), n. The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Pegm (?), n. [L. pegma a movable stage, Gr. &?;, orig., a framework.] A
sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Peg"ma*tite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; something fastened together, in
allusion to the quartz and feldspar in graphic granite: cf. F.
pegmatite. See Pegm.] (Min.) (a) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
(b) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in
other rocks.
Peg`ma*tit"ic (?), a. (Min.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling,
pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling
graphic granite.
Peg"ma*toid (?), a. [Pegmatite + -oid.] (Min.) Resembling pegmatite;
pegmatic.
Peg"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. phgh` fountain + -mancy.] Divination by
fountains. [R.]
Peg"roots` (pg"rts`), n. Same as Setterwort.
Peh"le*vi` (?), n. [Parsee Pahlavi.] An ancient Persian dialect in
which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It
was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of
the 7th century, and later in religious writings. [Written also
Pahlavi.]
Pein (?), n. See Peen.
Pei*ram"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; a trail + -meter.] A dynamometer for
measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of
different constructions. G. Francis.
Pei*ras"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to try, fr. &?; a trail.] Fitted
for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.
Peise (?), n. [See Poise.] A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence
with a peise." Piers Plowman.
Peise, v. t. To poise or weight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Lest leaden slumber peise me down.
Shak.
Pei"trel (?), n. (Anc. Armor) See Peytrel.
Pe*jor"a*tive (?), a. [F. pÈjoratif, fr. L. pejor, used as compar. of
malus evil.] Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging;
unfavorable.
Pek"an (?), n. [F. pekan.] (Zoˆl.) See Fisher, 2.
Pek"oe (?), n. [Chin. pih-hoau: cf. F. pekoÎ] A kind of black tea.
[Written also pecco.]
Pe"la (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Wax insect, under Wax.
Pel"age (?), n. [F. pelage, fr. L. pilus hair.] (Zoˆl.) The covering,
or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
Pe*la"gi*an (?), a. [L. pelagius, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the sea: cf. F.
pÈlagien.] Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian
shells.
Pe*la"gi*an, n. [L. Pelagianus: cf. F. pÈlagien.] (Eccl. Hist.) A
follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th
century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection
between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.
Pe*la"gi*an, a. [Cf. F. pÈlagien.] Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to
his doctrines.
Pe*la"gi*an*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. pÈlagianisme.] The doctrines of
Pelagius.
Pe*lag"ic (?), a. [L. pelagicus.] Of or pertaining to the ocean; --
applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean,
away from the coast.
Pel`ar*gon"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic
acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium
(Pelargonium) and allied plants.
||Pel`ar*go"ni*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a stork.] (Bot.) A large
||genus of plants of the order GeraniaceÊ, differing from Geranium in
||having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.
About one hundred and seventy species are known, nearly all of them
natives of South Africa, and many having very beautiful blossoms. See
the Note under Geranium.
{ Pe*las"gi*an (?), Pe*las"gic (?), } a. [L. Pelasgus, Gr. &?; a
Pelasgian.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of
Greece, of roving habits.