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Show pg'ckred. adj. [corrupted from fpeckled. Spotted; varied with {pots "1 Some are peckled, fome greenith, Walton's Angler Prerr'NAL a comb. There are other fithes whofe eyes regard th heavens, as plain and cartilaginous fifhes, as pectinalsy or fuch as have their bones made laterall Browon like a comb Stand PE/CTINATED. adj. [from pecFen. ing fro each other like the teeth of comb onr fingers peci To fit crofs-legg'd or wit Brown' nated, is accounted bad % pPrerina'rtion Vulgar Errours 'The ftate of bein #. / ectinated The complication or peéination of the fingers wa Brozn an hieroglyphic of impediment PE'cTORAL. adj. [from pectoralis, Latin. Belonging to the breatt Bein trouble wit cough pefZoral preferibed, and he was thereby relieved wer #ifeman LCUSUPR'cTORAL. 7. f. [ pectorale, Latin; pectoral, French.] A breaft-plate .t~ WRRfeuLATE } n./. [ peculatus, Latin peculat, Fr.] Robber 4 PEcura'rioN. of the publick; theft of publick money w PEcuLA"TOR. #. /. [peculator, Latin. Robber of the publick « PECU'LIAR. adj. [peculiaris, from pe culium, Latin; pecule, French. 1. Appropriate ; belongin % with exclofion of others to an on I agree with Sir William Temple, that th word humour is pecul/iar to our Englith tongue but not that the thing itfelf is pecu/iar to th Englith, becaufe the contrary may be found i many Spanith, Italian, and French productions Swift 2. Not common to other things M The only facred hymns they are that chriftianit hath peculiar unto itfelf, the other being fongs to of praife and of thankfgiving, but fongs wherewit as we ferve God, fo the Jews likewife Hooker One peculiar nation to felec From all the reft, of whom to be invok'd. Milton Space and duration being ideas that have fomething very abftrufe and pecu/iar in their nature, th comparing them one with another may be of uf for their illuftration Locke ¢ 3. Particular ; fingle peculiar, thoug improper To join mof? wit foun in Dryden i Dryden Pecu'Liar. 7. / 1. The property; the exclufive property y tin@ure or refletion, they augmen Their fmall.peculiar Milton's Paradife Loff Revenge is fo abfolutely the peculiar of Heaven that no confideration whateve can impowe the beft men to affume the execution of it eve Souzh ' 2..So.me_thmg abfcinded from the ordinar JurifdiGion Ceftaip peculiars there are, fome appertaining t the dignities of the cathedral church a Exon Careav . DOme peculiars exempt from the jurifdi¢ion o Pthe bifhops LISUL_lA RITY oamculanty ne z. / [fro Lefley peculiar. fomething found only i f{{ an author poflefled any diftinguithin mark fn fiyle.or peculiarity of thinking, there would re t;m in_his leaft "fuccefsful writing okens whereby to difcover him fom fe Swift Pecv'Liarry, 4 ar ul te o g. .l ‘: ;a L Particularl Voz., II Wiodward 2. In a manner not commo to others "Thus Tivy boafts this beaft peculiarly her own Whe hi dange fit to pray peculiarly for him Pecu'Niary adj [ pecuniarius, from Ze I. Relating to money Their impottures delude not only unto pecuniary defraudations, but the irreparable deceit o Pain of infamy i ingenuous nature Browwn feverer punifhmen than a pecuniar The injured perfon migh mulét by way of atonement upo mulét tak Bacon a pecuniar Broome Pep. #./. [commonly pronounced pad.] 1. A fmall packfaddle A ped is muc fhorter than a pannel and is raifed be fore and behind, an burdens ferves for fmal A hafk is a wicker ped, wherei carry fifh teache wol boys dant they ufe t Spenfer . / [ pedagogus Lat an dyw. wh On a fchoolmafter And poverty a pe Dryden 70 PE'DAGOGUE. . a. [radeywytw, fro the noun.] To teach with fupercilioufnefs This may confine their younger ftiles Whom Dryden pedagogues at Will's But never cou'd be meant to ti Authentick wits, like you and I paratory difcipline Prior [wasé\wyw'y;a. Pre The old fabbath appertained to the pedagogy an rudiments of the law; and thercfore when the grea mafter came and fulfilled all that was prefigured b it, it then ceafed White In time the reafon of men ripening to fuch pitch, as to be above the pedagogy of Mofes' rod and the difcipline of types, Go though fit to difplay the fubftance without the fhadow Pe'pav. adj. [pedalis, Latin.]ing to a foot BelongDic Pe'pavrs pedales u. [ [pedalis, Latin French.] The large pipes of an organ fo called becaufe played upon and ftop with the foot Dia Pepa'NEOUS adj [pedancus, Latin. Going on foot Dig PE'DANT. #. /. [pedant, French. 1. A {choolmatfter A pedant that keeps a fchool i' th' church Shakefpeare The boy who fcarce has paid his entrance dow To his proud pedant, or declin'd a noun Dryden 2. A man vain of low knowledge ; a ma awkwardly oftentatious of his literature. The pedant can hear nothing but in favour o the conceits he is amorous of Glanwville The preface has fo much of the pedant, and f little of the converfation of men in it, that I {hal pafs it over Addifon In learning let a nymph delight The pedant gets a miftrefs by't Savift Purfuit of fame with pedants fills our fchools And inte coxcombs lurniihes our fosls Cheek ha cloquenc in the Lati an Pepa'NTICcALLY. adw. [from pedantical. With awkward oftentation of literature too faithfull is, indeed pedantically Few pedagogues but curfe the barren chalr Like him who bang'd himfelf for mere defpai Pe'pacocy Awk The obfcurity, is brought over them by ignorance and age, made yet more obfcure by their peFelton dantical elucidators A fpirit of contradi&ion is fo pedantick an hateful, that a man fhould watch againft every inftance of it Watts We now believe the Copernican fyftem; ye we fhall ftill ufe the popular terms of fun-rife an fun-fet, ‘and not introduce a new pedantick defcription of them from the motion of the earth. Bentley i Pepaco'cicar. adj. [from pedagogue. Suiting or belonging to a fchoolmafter waaywyde pedant. 'tis faith like that which proceeds from fuperftition a hamper PE'DAGOGUE fro The earl of Rofcommon has excellently rendere A pannel and wanty, packfaddle and ped. Tuffer 2. A batket Fr looks forced and pedantick, we ought to confide how it appeared in the time the poet writ. Addifon cunia, Latin 3 pecuniaire, French. 2. Confifting of money PEpa'nTICAL [pedantefgne Greck tongues; but for other fufficiences pedantic Hayward enough When we fee any thing in an old fatyrift tha Fell death ) adf Mr Drayton he-then though encreafed Pepa'NTIck wardly oftentatious of learning South's Sermons I neither fear, nor will provoke the war My fate is Juno's mott peculiar care That is peculiarly the effe of the fun's vartation Latin pecien [fro #. / P-E P.E "Yiurg Pe'panTrY Dryden 2. /. [pedanterie French: Awkward oftentation of needlefs learn ing *Tis a praétice that favours much of pedantry, referve of puerility we have not fhaken off fro {chool Brown Horace has enticed me into this pedantry of quotation Cowley Make us believe it, if you can: it is in Latin ifI may be allowed the pedantry of a quotation non perfuadebis, etiamfi perfuaferis Addifin From the univerfities the young nobility are fen for fear of contracting any airs of pedantry by a college education Swift 70 Pe'pprE. w. 7. To be bufy abou trifles Ainfaworth It is commonl written piddle: as, what piddling wor is here PEDERE'RO. #. /. [ pedrero, Spanifh, fro piedra, a ftone with which they charge it.] A {mall cannon managed by fwivel. It is frequently written paterero Pe'pEstavL. n. /[. [piedeftal French. The lower member of a pillar; th bafis of a ftatue The poet bawls And fhakes the ftatues and the pedeflals Dryden In the centre of it was a grim idol; the forepart of the pedeflal was curioufly embofled with triumph Addifon So ttiff, fo mute! fome ftatue would you fivea Stept from its pedeffal to take the air Pepe'strious. adj. [pedefiris Not winged; going on foot Pope Latin. Men conceive they never lic down, and enjo not the pofition of reft, ordained unto all pedefiricu animals Browi Pe'prcrE. n. /. [from pedis, Latin; pedicule, French. The footftalk, that b which a leaf or fruit is fixed to the tree The caufe of the holding green, is the clofe an compaét fubftance of their leaves and pedicles. Bacor Pepi‘curar adj [pedicularis Latin pediculaire, Fr.] Having the phthiriafi or loufy diftemper Linfworth Pe'piGREE, 7. /. [per and degré, Skin. Genealogy {cent I am no heral lineage accoun of de to -enquire of men's pedigrees it fufficeth me if I know their virtues You tell pedigre Sidney Qf threefcore and two years y time. Shakefp Alterations of firmumes, which in former age P hav PE |