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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pe-dānt'ic or Pe-dānt'ic-al, a. p. 962Suiting, belonging to, or resembling a pedant; ostentatious of learning; vainly displaying or making a show of knowledge. Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, Figures pedantical. Shak.Pe-dănt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 962In a pedantical manner; with a vain or boastful display of learning.Pe-dănt'ic-ly, adv. p. 962In a pedantic manner; pedantically.Pēd'ant-ism, n. p. 962The condition, office, or employment of a pedant or teacher. See PEDANT, 1. [Obs.] To make a man in matter of religion, which admits not of sensible demonstration, . . . engage to believe no…Pēd'ant-ize, v. i. p. 962To play the pedant; to domineer over lads; to use pedantic expressions.Pēd’ant-ry, n. p. 962The acts, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning; a boastful display of knowledge of any kind. Horace has enticed me into this pedantry of quotation. Cowley. Pedantry is the…Pēd'ant-y, n. p. 962An assembly or clique of pedants. [Obs.] Milton.Pe-dā'ri-an, n. p. 962One of a certain class in the Roman senate, who were not really senators, but only entitled to a seat by the office which they held, and who, not being authorized to vote, expressed their preference…Pēd'ate, a. p. 962Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; — said of a leaf. Gray.Pe-dāt’i-fīd, a. p. 962(Bot.) Having the parts not entirely separate, but divided in a pedate manner; irregularly lobed; — said of a leaf.Pĕd'dle, v. i. p. 962To journey about with wares for sale; to go from place to place or from house to house and retail goods; to hawk. 2. To do a small business; to be engaged in a small occupation; to be busy about…Pĕd'dle, v. t. p. 962To go about and sell; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; to retail in very small quantities.Pĕd'dler, n. p. 962One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who carries about small commodities on his back, or in a cart or wagon, and sells them. [Written also pedlar and pedler.]Pēd'dler-ess, n. p. 962A female peddler. Overbury.Pĕd'dler-y, n. p. 962The trade or the goods of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler; small wares sold or carried about for sale by peddlers. [Written also pedlary and pedlery.]Pĕd’er-ăst, n. p. 962One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.Pēd'er-āst'ic, a. p. 962Pertaining to pederasty.Pēd'er-āst'y, n. p. 962The crime against nature; sodomy.Pĕd'e-rē'ro, n. p. 962A swivel gun. [Written also pederero.]Pēd'es-tal, n. p. 962(Arch.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die, and the cornice. 2. (Mech.) Same as…Pe-dĕs'tri-al, a. p. 962Pertaining to the foot. Moseley.Pe-dēs'tri-al-ly, adv. p. 962In a pedestrial manner.Pe-dēs'tri-an, a. p. 962Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.Pe-dēs'tri-an, n. p. 962One who walks or journeys on foot; a footman or foot-traveler. 2. One noted for his powers of walking or running; a foot-racer.Pe-dēs'tri-an-ism, n. p. 962The act or practice of a pedestrian; walking; going on foot; journeying or racing on foot.Pe-dēs'tri-an-īze, v. i. p. 962To practice walking.Pe-dēs'tri-ōŭs, a. p. 962Going on foot; not winged. [Obs.] Browne.Pĕd'e-tĕn'-toŭs, a. p. 962Proceeding step by step; of cautious and measured advance. [Rare.] Never done with that pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behoves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. Sydney Smith.Pē'di-al, a. p. 962Pertaining to the feet, or any organ called a foot. Dana.Pĕd'i-cel, n. p. 962(Bot.) The ultimate division of a common peduncle; the stalk that supports one flower only, when there are several on a peduncle. Any short and small footstalk, although it does not stand upon…Pĕd'i-çel-late, a. p. 962Having a pedicel, or supported by a pedicel.Pĕd'i-çel-late, n. p. 962One of an order of echinoderms.Pĕd'i-çeled, a. p. 962The same as PEDICELLATE.Pĕd'i-cle, n. p. 962The same as PEDICEL.Pe-dĭc'ū-lar, a. p. 962Having the lousy distemper; lousy.Pe-dĭc'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 962(Med.) A disease in which the body becomes covered with lice; phthiriasis.Pe-dĭc'ū-lōus, a. p. 962The same as PEDICULAR.Pe-dīg'er-oŭs, a. p. 962Having feet.Pēd'i-gree, n. p. 962Line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; strain; an account or register of a line of ancestors. Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden. His vanity…Pĕd'/i-lū/vy, n. p. 962The bathing of the feet; a bath for the feet. [Obs.]Pe-dim'a-noüs, a. p. 962Having the feet in the shape of hands, as the monkeys. Dana.Pĕd'i-ment, n. p. 962(Arch.) The triangular ornamental facing of a portico, or a similar decoration over doors, windows, gates, &c. The name is also applied to arched and circular ornaments of a like kind. Pediment. a…Pĕd'i-pălp, n. p. 962(Zool.) One of an order of arachnidans or spiders, whose feelers are extended before the head, armed with a forceps.Pĕd'i-pălp'ous, a. p. 962Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps.Pĕd'i-rēme, n. p. 962A crustaceous animal, whose feet serve the purpose of oars.Pēd'lar or Pēd'ler, n. p. 962See PEDDLER.Pē'do-bāp'tism, n. p. 962The baptism of infants or of children.Pē'do-băp'tist, n. p. 962One who holds to infant baptism; one who practices the baptism of children.Pe-dŏm'e-ter, n. p. 962(Mech.) An instrument for indicating the number of steps taken in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch, and, when carried in the pocket, its…Pĕd'o-mĕt'ric or Pĕd'o-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 962Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer.Pe-dŏt'ro-phy, n. p. 962The doctrine of the nourishment of children. [Written also pædotrophy.]Pe-dŭn'cle, n. p. 962(Bot.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower and fruit of a plant. 2. (Conch.) A sort of stem by which certain shells are attached to wood or other objects. 3. (Anat.) One of certain nervous…Pe-dŭn'cu-lar, a. p. 962Pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril.Pe-dŭn'cu-late or Pe-dŭn'cu-lā'ted, a. p. 962Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower.Pee, v. i. p. 962To look with one eye. [Obs.] Ray.Peed, a. p. 962Blind of one eye. [Obs.] Ray.Peek, v. i. p. 962To peep; to look slyly, or through a crevice, or with the eyes half closed. [Colloq.]Peek'y, a. p. 962Having small, decayed spots; affected with incipient decay; —said of timber when signs of decay first appear. [U. S.] Bartlett.Peel, v. t. p. 962To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin; to bark; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel a tree; to peel an orange. When the knife only is employed, the…Peel, v. i. p. 962To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind;—often used with an adverb, as readily, easily, &c.; as, it peels easily.