||Pes (?), n.; pl. Pedes . [L., the foot.] (Anat.) The distal segment
||of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
Pe*sade" (?), n. [F.] (Man.) The motion of a horse when, raising his
fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing;
rearing.
Pes"age (?), n. [F., fr. peser to weigh.] A fee, or toll, paid for the
weighing of merchandise.
Pes"ane (?), n. (Anc. Armor.) See Pusane.
Pes"ant*ed (?), a. [F. pesant heavy.] Made heavy or dull; debased.
[Obs.] "Pesanted to each lewd thought's control." Marston.
Pe*schit"o (?), n. See Peshito.
Pese (?), n. [See Pea.] A pea. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Pe*se"ta (?), n. [Sp.] A Spanish silver coin, and money of account,
||equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
{ Pe*shit"o (?), Pe*shit"to (?), } n. [Syriac peshÓt‚ simple.] The
earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew;
also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also
peschito.]
Pes"ky (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Pestering; vexatious; troublesome.
Used also as an intensive. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] Judd.
||Pe"so (?), n. [Sp.] A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian,
||Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a
||pound weight.
Pes"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Pessaries (#). [L. pessarium, pessum, pessus,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. pessaire.] (Med.) (a) An instrument or device to be
introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or
remedy a malposition. (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus
or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal
suppository.
Pes"si*mism (?), n. [L. pessimus worst, superl. of pejor worse: cf. F.
pessimisme. Cf. Impair.] 1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that
everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the
world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.