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Show P t 2. T form the c p i r h i - o c f No d a l e r u f e d c Now bolt a l . u ) r ' m t w r l o t b Now the a e m h t o f h They catch, whi Sidney Tleli iefelf will pafs away y d i e p t t i n m u r l d h And Jeav Milton s a r a s e p a s r p f p Peering in m x .j f‘ m g m a t And cvcr‘)' objeé S /.'H}It;/["f['fl]'[ Misfortune to my ventures Prr'RAGE. #./. [pairie peer. 1. The dignity of a peer fro French 1\, I " {00 or mongrel breed pafs for lords indeed no right or power wither d flower 2, The body of peers ( ? : . : r f i a w l n p t l o N l a l b i p e n c i e t s a f p p the peerage and commons are excluded from parliaDryden ment Peerage Ainfaworth 'Th Prs'rEss. ./. [female of peer. Jady of a peer; a woman ennobled Pre'RpOM. 2./. [from peer. Statefman and patriot ply alike the ftocks Pem'/} and butler fhare alike the box Pre‘riiss. adj. [from peer.] led; having no peer Pope Unequal g the world to weet Shakefpeare Her pecrlefs feature, joined with her birth Approves her fit for none, but for a king. Skakefp Hefperus, that le The ftarry hoft, rode brighteft; till the moon Rifing in cloudy majefty, at length Apparent queen, unveil'd her peerlefs light. Milton Such mufick worthieft were to blaz "The peerlefs light of her immortal praife Milton Whofe luftre leads us He Wer Wit As i drefs, ber fhape, he all obferv'd, as well a fuch a peer/efs majefl that day fhe took th Pee'RLESsSNESS matchlefs grace heav'nly fac fhe ftands Dryden crown 7z / [from «peerlefs. Univerfal {uperiority adj. [This word Funius PER'VISH with more reafon than he commonl difcovers, fuppofes to be formed b corruption from perwer/e ; Skinner rathe derives it from becifb, as we fay wa/p ife. offende 1. Petulant ; wafpifh; eafil writable ; irafcible ; foon angry; perverfe; morofe ; querulous ; full of expreflions of difcontent ; hard to pleafe She is peewifp, fullen, froward Proud, difobedient, ftubborn, .lacking duty. Skak _If thou haft the metal of a king B‘cmg wrong'd as we are by this peevifb town Turn thgu the mouth of th As we will ours, againft thef Neither will it be fatire o affirm, that infidelity and vic nithed 2. Exprefling difcontent artillery faucy walls. Shakefp peevifp inveltive t are not much dimiSaift or fretfulnefs rI'For what can breed mote pecwifh incongruities ban man to yield to female lamentations? Sidney I will not prefum Tor f"flq fuch peewifp tokens to aking. Shake[peare Thofe deferve to be doubly laughed at, tha are pecv; ifp and d angry for nothi i g to o no purpofe { L'Efirange Pep VISHLY. adwv, [from peevifp. An grily queraloufly; morofely perverfenefs. Some mifcarriages in government mi through the peevifbnefs of othersy envying the pub lick fhould be managed without them I wil peevifmefs kpowledge be an unpardonable bodie forethe rain as boxe an teeth are about thirty in-each jaw peg (Bacon all o them claviculares or peg teeth, not much unlik the tutks of a maftiff Grew If he be cholerick, we fhall treat him like hi little friend, and hang him upon a peg till h comes to himfelf ar aaii lutely neceflary to keep the whole frame together /1(/(//;/577'5 S];:.':[‘,(.‘f,r A finer petticoat can neither make you richer more virtuous, or wife, than if it hung upon Sawift 2. 'The pins of an inftrumen the firings are ftrained in whic You are well tun'd now; but I'll let dow The pegs that make this mufick Shake[peare a PE lower To deprels t fink: perhapsfrom relaxing the cords o mufical inftruments Remember how in arms And politicks We ftill have worfted all your holy tricks Trepann'd your party with intrigue And took your grandees down a peg Th force of gun rarefadtion of the and fo followeth a two bodies fhould be in o or blowin up of the mine: butthe {e are ignorant fpeculation for flame, if there were nothing elfe, will be fuffocated with any hard body, fuch as a pellet is, o alf Hudibras 4. The nick-name of Margaret 70 PEG. 'w. a. 'Tofaften with a peg I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails, til Thou'ft howl''d away twelve winters. Shake[peare Taking the fhoots of ‘the paft {pring, and pegging ‘them down in very rich earth, by that tim twelvemonth they will'be ready to remove. Ewelyn PevF. 2. /. [In low Lat. pelfra, not know whence derived; pexffe, in Norman, i Srippery.] Money ; riches The thought of this doth pafs all worldly pe/f Sidney Hardy elf Thou dareft view my direful countenance T read thee rath and theedlefs of thyfelf Not provident of pelf;, as many iflands are. Drayton Shakefpeare In a thooting-tfunk, the longer it is to a certai limit , the mor forcibly the air paffes and driye Soon fplit him on the former fhelf Dryden's Horace He put it out again Pe'vican, n. /. [ pelicanus pellican, French. lo Savift Latin There are two forts of pelicans5 one lives-upo the water and feeds upon fith; the other keeps i deferts, and feeds upon ferpents and other reptiles the pelican has @ peculiar tendernefs for its young it generally places its neft upon a craggl rock : th pelican is-fuppofed to admit its young to fuck bloo from its breatt Ray the pe Pr'vrerep. adj ing. of bullets Calmet Confift [from peller. My brave Egyptians all By the difcandying of this pelleted frorm Shakefpeare Lie gravelefs Pe'LricLE. o f 1. Aythin fkin [pellicala, Latin. After the difcharge of the fluid, the pe/licle muf Sharp be broke 2. It is often ufed for the film whic gathers upon liquors impregnated wit {alts or other fubftances,and evaporate by heat Pe'rriTorY. #. Jf. [parietaria, Latin. An herb Pe'rimeLL. adv. [pefle mefle, French, Confufedly; tumultuouily; one amon violence another ; with confufe When we have dafh'd them to the ground hen defie each other; and pe/l mel Shakefpe Kirg Fobn Mzke work upon ourfelves Never yet did infurretion wan Such mooedy beggars, ftarving for a tim Skakefpeare Of pell-mell havock and confufion After thefe fenators have in fuch. manner, a your grace hath heard, battered epifcopal government, with their paper-fhot, then they fall pe//White mel/ upon the fervice book . / Hudibras [pellis, Latin. Clerk of the pells, an officer belonging to th exchequer, who enters every teller's bill into parchment roll called pellis acceptorum, the roll o receipts; and alfo makes another roll called pelli Bailcp exituum, a voll of the difburfements PELLU'CID He us'd them full as kindly as himfelf the p He knew when to fall on pe/l. meil To fall back and retreat as well Of traffick or return fhe never taketh care ; To the poor if he refus'd his pe/f o ex the barrel.of a gun; fo as the hard body would ki Bacon the flame How fhall they reach us in the air with thof pellets they can hardly roll upon the ground PELLS Immortal gods, 1 crave no pelf' I pray for no man but myfelf He call'd his money in But the prevailing love of pel a folio . Eftrange 1 in themfclves a ball to be thot A bullet Saoift Th they are but little value That which is fold to the merchant into Little pellets, and fealed 1 dreffed with little pellets of lint 2 when they draw and wind hard tak A cube or pellet of yellow wax as much as hal the fpirit of wine, burnt only eighty-feven pulfes Locke of wood 3. Z PEL'LLEl', 2. /. [from pila, Latin ; peloze French. 1. A litde ball if we undervalue the advantages of ou and negle&t to improve it You may fin like th and flat Hakewill on Providence flice of apothecaries as well as childit Pec. n./. [pegghe, Teutanick. 1. A piece of wood driven into a hole which does the office of an iron nail Soli "T'he pelican hath a beak broa K. Charles peg T bind On pain of punifhment We ftand up peerlefs PI:‘.E"V.ISHNL‘SS. n. /. [from peevifh.| Irafcibility ; queruloufnefs; fretfulnefs When peewifbnefs and fpleen fucceed Savift Should difcarded fat Have this little mercy on their flefh "Twas this flefh begot thofe pefican daughters. $%ak He was {o pecvifbly opinionative and proud, tha he would neither afk nor hear the advice of any Hayward Nothing but acid left behind From ‘pafion you may then be freed ' i n c f t h i f n i f H No fools of ran Who fain woul Whete titles giv And pecrage is PHE PE Clear dark adj [pellucidus tranfparent no Latin. no opake The colours are owing to the intermixture of foreign matter with the proper matter of the ftone this is the cafe of agates and other coloured ftones th colour of fevera whereo ma be extrac >A and the bodies rendered as peliucid as cryftal Woodwa out fenfibly damaging the texture If water be made warm in any pellucid vef emptied of air, the water in the vacuum wil bubble and boil as vehemently as it would in th open air in a veflel fer upon the fire, till it conceive ic a much greater heat Pp |