Pease
[piːz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Pea
(n.) A pea.
(n.) A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.
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Definition
n. (Spens.) a blow.
indef. pl. of Pea.—ns. Pease′cod Peas′cod the pericarp of the pea: a peacod; Pease′-meal Pease′-porr′idge Pease′-soup or Pea′-soup meal porridge soup made from pease.
Editor: Manuel
Examples
- Such a visage, joined to the brawny form of the holy man, spoke rather of sirloins and haunches, than of pease and pulse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Meantime Mr. Pease was again growing eager to build his Darlington and Stockton line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No bounty had ever been given before for the exportation of this grain, no more than for that of pease or beans. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Stephenson had letters to Mr. Pease, and after a talk with him, persuaded him to go to the Killingworth Colliery and see his locomotives. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At length, however, Edward Pease, of Darlington, planned a road to run from Stockton to Darlington, and set about building it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Pease was much impressed with the engines he saw there, and even more with Stephenson’s ability as a practical engineer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Pease took out patent No. 5,925 for a rake whose teeth projected up through slots in the platform, and moved back and forth to deposit the grain upon the ground. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Manuel