peachy 
,y (pe'chi), a. [< /weft 1 + -i/ 1 .] Kesem- 
^.^e,' a peach, especially in color or texture; 
of the nature of the peach. 
I don't believe that the color of her peach;/ cheeks was 
heightened a shadow of a shade. 
J. T. Trowbridge, Coupon Bonds, p. 74. 
peach-yellows (pech'yel"6z), n. A peculiar 
and very destructive disease affecting the cul- 
tivated peach-tree. It is entirely confined at present 
to the orchards of the eastern United States, where it an- 
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peacock-iris (pe'kok-I'ris), n. A bulbous plant 
from South Africa, Moriea ( Vieusseuxia) glau- 
copis, also known as Iris Pavonia. The flowers are 
pure- white with a blue stain at the base of the three larger 
divisions of the perianth. The name extends more or less 
to the other species formerly classed as Viemseuxia. 
peacockizet, * [< peacock + -ize.] To act 
the neacock; strut. 
pemuice, tte twi pale and dwarfed, and [the fruit red- 
ing of the fruit ; in the second year it is more marked, the 
whole tree having a sickly languishing appearance, with 
the entire foliage dwarfed and rolled or curled up, and 
yellowish or brownish-red (whence the name) in color. 
The diseased tree rarely dies in the second year of attack, 
and rarely lives beyond the fourth or fifth year. Little or 
no valuable fruit is produced after the second year. The 
cause of the disease is at present unknown, but from the 
!i " sems very 
Zazzeare, to play the simple selfe-conceited gull, to go 
letting or loytring vp and dowue peacackwing and court- 
ing of himself. Fiona. 
pheasant of the genus Polyplectron, the males of 
which are doubly spurred. See cut under Poly- 
plectron. 
peacock's-tail (pe'koks-tal), n. A beautiful 
seaweed, Padina pavonia, with broadly fan- 
shaped fronds which are marked with concen- 
tric lines every one of which is fringed at its 
upper margin. Also called turkey-feather laver. 
pea-cod (pe'kod), n. Same as peasecod. 
peak 
and spread in a vertical disk completing a semicircle, or 
more, of the most brilliant iridescent colors, chiefly green 
and gold. The tail-feathers proper and the primaries are 
chestnut ; the neck and breast are blue of a peculiarly rich 
tint called peacock-blue. The head is crested with a 
bunch of about twenty-four upright plumes. The length 
proper is about four feet, the train, when fully developed, 
measuring from two to four feet more. The peahen is much 
smaller and more plainly feathered, without the train. 
The peacock was sacred, among the Greeks and Romans, 
to Hera or Juno, but is now commonly regarded as the 
symbol of vainglory and as a bird of ill omen. The flesh 
is edible, like that of other gallinaceous birds. The cry 
is extremely loud and harsh. See Pavo, japanned ; also cut 
under ocellate. 
t 4 (peg, pek), n. [Amer. Ind.] Among 
^.^.j American Indians, in colonial days, 
a sort of money consisting of beads made from 
the ends of shells, rubbed down and polished 
and strung into belts or necklaces, which were 
valued according to their length and the per- 
fection of their workmanship. Black or purple 
peag was worth twice as much as white, length 
for length. 
as the Brahmas. In shape it resembles three low blunt- 
ly serrated combs pressed together Into one, that in the 
middle being the highest. The name is derived from 
a fancied resemblance of the shape to that of a pea-blos- 
purple cylinder, and the other a white; they are both 
, - f -- made in size and figure alike, and commonly much re- 
ameter, and running from 1,200 to 1,400 to tne Dea . com b (pe'kom), n. A form of comb char- sembling the English bugles, but not so transparent nor 
barrel : distinguished from count clams, running F act ei . ist i c of some varieties of the domestic hen, *> brittle. Beverley, Virginia, ill. U 46. 
800 or fewer to the barrel. See little-neck. [New 
Jersey.] 
pea-coal (pe'kol), n. Coal of a very small size, 
like peas. Also called pease. 
pea-coat (pe'kot), . [See pea-jacket.] A short , . ., 
double-breasted coat of heavy woolen material, P |0 V? 
in form resembling a short top-coat. 
peacock (pe'kok), . [< ME. pecok, pekok, pe- 
kokke, pakoc, usually pocok, pokok (which re- 
mains in the surname Pocock, beside Peacock) ; 
< nea2 a peacock (see pea 2 ), + cocfr 1 .] A bird 
n _ . _ -.C 11 AT n1n f*f 
Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he 
threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and 
belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canou- 
chet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 371. 
,. Acrabof the genus Pin- peaget, Same aspedage. 
notheres, inhabiting as a commensal the shells Without paying of any manner_pf ^imposition or dane 
bivalve 
* 

of the genus Pavo, specifically the male, of dove(pe'duv) 
which the female is a. peahen and the young a P6a-dov< e Pf <J* 
pea-chick. See peafowl. 
The pokok with his aungelis federys bryghte. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 356. 
maica of the zenai- 
da-dove, Zenaida 
amabilis. See Ze- 
naida. 
Men bryngen grete Tables of Gold, and there on ben 
Pecokes of Gold, and many other maner of dy verse foules, 
allcofGold. ATonrfecate, Travels, p. 219. pea-dropper (pe'drop"er), 
A peacock in nis pride, a peacock with his tail fully tool for planting peas. It is the same in prin- 
dUplayed. ciple as the corn-planter. 
And there they placed o peacock in his pride, pea-finch (pe 'finch), n. The pied finch, or chaf- 
Before the damsel Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. finch. Frinqilla coAebs. ... , 
* The blossom of copies of Spanish paintings by herself, for she was a skilfu 
Peacock-eyemarble.anltalianmarbleofmingledwhite, pea-flower (pe'flou'er), . 1. The blossom of cop 
blue, and red color, presenting in marking a fanciful re- a ny pea. 2. One of several West Indian legu- ' 
money, peage tribute, or any other manner of tolle whatso- 
euer it be. Foxe, Martyrs, p. 548. 
Trade was restrained, or the privilege granted on the 
paymentof tolls, passages, paages, pontages, and innumer- 
able other vexatious imposts. 
Burke, Abridg. of Eng. Hist., iii., an. 1070. 
peagle (pe'gl), . Same a,spagle. 
pea-gooset, Same as peak-goose. 
What art thou, or what canst thou he, thou pea-goose, 
That dar'st give me the lie thus? thoumak'st me wonder. 
Beau, and Fl., Little French Lawyer, ii. 3. 
pea-green (pe'gren), n. A shade of green such 
In agri., a hand- as that of green or fresh peas. It is luminous 
but not very chromatic, not markedly yellow- 
ish nor bluish. 
She had hung it [the room] with some old-fashioned 
pea green damask, that exhibited to advantage several 
Pea-crab (Pinnotheres astreum), 
enlarged. 
ore. See erubescite. 
" 
tion of one's beaut/, elegance, or other fine ferto-pea (under pea 1 ). 
qualifications; hence, to render proud, vain, or peafowl (pe'foulj, n. [= Icel. pafngl = Bw. 
T- . -' , . ', ftJtfnffal Tin rt t\f1flf 
haughty; make a display of. 
lean never deem that love which in haughtie hearts ^ enus p flw ; of which the - re are 
species. The common peafowl, P. cristatui, is a native 
of India, said to have been introduced into Europe by 
Alexander the Great, and now everywhere domesticated. 
The male, female, and young are respectively called pea- 
cock, peahen, and pea-chick. The peacock is one of the 
II. intrans. To strut about like a peacock, or 
in a manner indicating vanity: as, she pea- 
cocked up and down the terrace. 
peacock-bittern (pe'kok-bit'ern), n. The sun- 
bittern, Enrypyga helias; the pavao. See cut 
under Enrypyga. 
peacock-blue (pe'kok-blo), . A blue color of 
the peculiar hue of a peacock's breast. 
peacock-butterfly (pe'kok-but"er-fti), n. The io 
butterfly, Vanessa io, a common European spe- 
cies : so called from the eye-spots of the wings. 
peacock-fish (pe'kok-fish), . A beautiful la- 
broid fish, Crenilabrw pavo, variegated with 
Disraeli, Henrietta Temple, i. 2. 
Pisolite Pea-grit series, 
vision of the Inferior Oolite. 
Same as pea-shooter. 
-< pea? + /tew 1 .] The 
hen or female peafowl. 
pea-jacket (pe'jak'et), n. [< 'pea, also "pie 
- (< D. pij, pije = 
proceeds of a desire onely to pleas, and as it werepeacock 
themselves. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
Tut : he was tame and meek enow with me, 
Till peacock'd up with Lancelot's noticing. 
Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. 
m*Z8*gB^E&a&&**~im 
eenus Pavo. of which there are two if not three ^ w - V^> J'ys.*' /.*, __. , 
Peacock-fish (Crenilabrtts pavo). 
green, blue, red, and white. It is an inhabi- 
tant of the European seas. 
peacock-flower (pe'kok-flou'&r), n. 1. Atree 
of Madagascar, Poinciana regia, with twice-pin- 
nate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-col- 
ored or yellowish flowers having long richly 
colored stamens. 2. Same as flower-fence. 
peacock-hatter (pe'kok-hat"er), n. In the mid- 
dle ages, a plumist or milliner. 
en coat, = Sw. dial, paje, paja, a coat ; supposed 
to be connected with Sw. dial, part, pade, a coat, 
which affords a transition to A S.^>dd = OS. peda 
= OHG.pheit, WKQc.pheit,pfeit= Goth, paida, 
a coat), + jacket. The Dan. pijxkkert, a pea- 
jacket, is from E.] A heavy coat, generally of 
pilot-cloth, worn by seamen in cold or stormy 
weather. 
peak 1 (pek), n. [< ME. pec, < Ir. peac, any 
sharp-pointed thing ; akin to pike^, pike*, ptck*, 
peckl, etc. : see pike*.] 1 . A projecting point ; 
the end of anything that terminates in a point. 
How he has mew'd your head, has rubb'd the snow off, 
And run your beard into a peak of twenty. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, iii. 2. 
cifically (n) A projecting part of a head-covering; 
the leather vizor projecting in front of a cap. (f>) The 
Speci 
Peacock (Pavo fristatus). 
largest of the gallinaceous birds, and in full dress is the 
most magnificent of all birds. The gorgeous train which 
constitutes its chief ornament is often four feet long, and 
consists of an extraordinary mass of upper tail-coverts, 
not true tail-feathers, which latter the train overlies and 
far outreaches. These tail-coverts are elegantly formed 
of spray-like decomposed webs enlarged and recomposed 
at the end, and marked with glittering ocelli or "eyes." 
This whole mass of plumage Is capable of being erected 
high sharp ridge-bone of the head of a setter-dog. Sports- 
man's Gazetteer. <f) Same us pee. 
2. A precipitous mountain ; a mountain with 
steeply inclined sides, or one which is particu- 
larly conspicuous on account of its height above 
the adjacent region, or because more or less 
isolated. Those parts of the crest of a mountain-range 
which rise higher than other parts near them, especially 
if somewhat precipitous, are often called peaks. 
Towards the north-west corner, a promontory of a good 
height, backed by a comb-like range of peaks, rises at once 
from the water. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 376. 
3. Naut. : (a) The upper corner of a sail which 
is extended by a gaff ; also, the extremity of the 
gaff. See cut under gaff. (V) The contracted 
part of a ship's hold at the extremities, for- 
ward or aft. The peak forward is called the 
forepeak; that aft, the after-peak. Also spelled 
peek. 
The captain shut him down in ike fore peak, and would 
not give him anything to eat. 
R, H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 44. 
Peak-downnaul, a rope attached to the peak or outer 
end of a gaff, to haul it down by. Peak-halyards. See 
