Pea
[piː] or [pi]
Definition
(noun.) seed of a pea plant used for food.
(noun.) a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds.
(noun.) the fruit or seed of a pea plant.
Typist: Yvette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.
(n.) See Peak, n., 3.
(n.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
(n.) A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
Typist: Shane
Definition
n. a pea-fowl. See Peacock.
n. a climbing annual herb of the bean family whose seeds are nutritious:—pl. Peas a definite number; Pease a quantity not numbered.—ns. Pea′-rī′fle a rifle throwing a very small bullet; Peas′cod Pease′cod the pod or pericarp of the pea; Pea′-shoot′er a small metal tube for blowing peas through; Pea′-stone pisolite.—Egyptian pea the chick-pea; French pea the common garden pea: (pl.) canned peas made up in France; Split peas peas stripped of their membraneous covering in a mill used for making pea-soup or ground into meal; Sweet pea a climbing annual with large and fragrant flowers.
Editor: Murdoch
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dreaming of eating peas, augurs robust health and the accumulation of wealth. Much activity is indicated for farmers and their women folks. To see them growing, denotes fortunate enterprises. To plant them, denotes that your hopes are well grounded and they will be realized. To gather them, signifies that your plans will culminate in good and you will enjoy the fruits of your labors. To dream of canned peas, denotes that your brightest hopes will be enthralled in uncertainties for a short season, but they will finally be released by fortune. To see dried peas, denotes that you are overtaxing your health. To eat dried peas, foretells that you will, after much success, suffer a slight decrease in pleasure or wealth.
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Examples
- We had our pea-coats with us, and I took a bag. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The moon would be a speck the size of a small pea, thirty inches from the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Noting, I gif you my honour, boate some cabage and some myrtle, and great mosh tornep tops, and soam leettil pot of de sweet pea. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And very wet it seems to have made you, said Holmes laying his hand upon the arm of the pea-jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our party is complete, said Holmes, buttoning up his pea-jacket and taking his heavy hunting crop from the rack. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Their place can be taken by beans, peas, potatoes, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Other foods, like peas and beans, not only satisfy the appetite, but supply to the body abundant nourishment. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The wind rasped and scraped at the corners of the house, and filliped the eavesdroppings like peas against the panes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It just shows, he continued, what these European markets are, when a fellow can make a reputation cooking peas! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Two mutton-chops, three potatoes, some split peas, a little flour, two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and all this black pepper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There are few legumes that have shown value on dry lands, but peas, beans and alfalfa are the most promising of development. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was rabbit cooked with onions and green peppers and there were chick peas in the red wine sauce. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lord Hubert says it's the only restaurant in Europe where they can cook peas. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And now, my child, prepare your lessons for repetition, while I put the peas to soak for the purée at dinner. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The best-known proteids are white of egg, curd of milk, and lean of fish and meat; peas and beans have an abundant supply of this substance, and nuts are rich in it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A crop of peas, beans, or clover is equivalent to nitrogenous fertilizer and helps to make ready the soil for other crops. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These boys had a horse and small wagon intrusted to them, and every morning in the season they would load up with onions, lettuce, peas, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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