Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 29
Peace (n.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
Peace (n.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. "The eternal love and pees." -- Chaucer.
Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman." -- Shak.
At peace, In a state of peace.
Breach of the peace. See under Breach.
Justice of the peace. See under Justice.
Peace of God. (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct.
Peace of God. (Law) (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.
Peace offering. (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him.
Peace offering. (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person.
Peace officer, A civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a polliceman, sheriff or constable.
To hold one's peace, To be silent; to refrain from speaking.
To make one's peace with, To reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. "I will make your peace with him." -- Shak.
Peace (v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. [R.] "Peace your tattlings." -- Shak.
When the thunder would not peace at my bidding. -- Shak.
Peace (n.) The state prevailing during the absence of war [ant: state of war, war].
Peace (n.) Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates lived in peace together."
Peace (n.) The absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis].
Peace (n.) The general security of public places; "he was arrested for disturbing the peace" [syn: peace, public security].
Peace (n.) A treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th" [syn: peace, peace treaty, pacification].
Peace. () The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum. Ham. N. P. 139; 12 Mod. 566. Vide, generally, Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 4; Hale, Hist. P. C. 160; 3 Taunt. R. 14; 1 B. & A. 227; Peake, R. 89; 1 Esp. R. 294; Harr. Dig. Officer, V 4; 2 Benth. Ev. 319, note. Vide Good behaviour; Surety of the peace.
Peace, (n.) In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
O, what's the loud uproar assailing Mine ears without cease?
'Tis the voice of the hopeful, all-hailing The horrors of peace.
Ah, Peace Universal; they woo it -- Would marry it, too.
If only they knew how to do it 'Twere easy to do.
They're working by night and by day On their problem, like moles.
Have mercy, O Heaven, I pray, On their meddlesome souls!
Peaceable (a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv.
Syn: Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
Usage: Peaceable, Peaceful. Peaceable describes the state of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect to internal disturbance. The former denotes "in the spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or enjoyment of peace." A peaceable adjustment of difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
Peaceable (a.) Inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" [syn: peaceable, peace-loving].
Peaceable (a.) Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant: unpeaceful].
Peaceable (a.) Disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner" [syn: pacific, peaceable].
Peacebreaker (n.) One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
Peaceful (a.) 平靜的；安寧的a peaceful garden 寧靜的花園；和平的；愛好和平的 Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
Peaceful (a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Syn: See Peaceable. -- {Peace"ful*ly, adv. -- Peace"ful*ness, n.
Peaceful (a.) Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant: unpeaceful].
Peaceful (a.) Peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" [syn: passive, peaceful].
Peaceless (a.) 無和平的；不安詳的 Without peace; disturbed. -- Sandys.
Peacemaker (n.) 調解者；和事佬 One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. -- Matt. v. 9. -- {Peace"mak`ing, n.
Peacemaker (n.) Someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler].
Peacemaker (n.) A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker].
Peacekeeper (n.) A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area.
Peacekeeper (n.) Someone who keeps peace; as, she's the peacekeeper in that family.
Peacekeeper (n.) The pistol of a law officer in the old West. [U. S. History].
Peacekeeper (n.) A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area.
Peacekeeper (n.) Someone who keeps peace; "she's the peacekeeper in that family."
Peacekeeper (n.) The pistol of a law officer in the old West.
Peacekeeper (n.) [C] 調停者；維和人員 A person who tries to prevent or stop arguments or fighting between two or more people or groups.
// At school he was what they call a peacekeeper. He would always make sure everyone was getting along.
Compare: Get along
Get along (phrasal verb with get verb) (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten (UK also get on) (Be friendly) 相處融洽；和睦相處 If two or more people get along, they like each other and are friendly to each other.
// I don't really get along with my sister's husband.
Get along (Deal with) （通常指成功地）對付，應付 To deal with a situation, usually successfully.
// I wonder how Michael is getting along in his new job?
Peacekeeper (n.) 調停者；維和人員 A person who tries to prevent or stop arguments or fighting between two or more people or groups.
// At school he was what they call a peacekeeper. He would always make sure everyone was getting along.
Peacekeeper (n.) 維和部隊士兵 A member of an international military force whose job is to prevent or stop fighting in a place.
// UN peacemakers were brought in to the troubled area.
// Since then. The territory has been run by the UN and protected by about 8,000 international peacekeepers.
Peach (v. t.) 【古】告發；出賣（某人） To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Peach (v. i.) 【俚】告密，告發 [（+against/ on）] To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. -- Shak.
Peach (n.) (Bot.) 桃子 [C]；桃樹 [C]；桃色 [U]；【俚】特別惹人喜愛的人；漂亮的女孩；極好的事物 [S] A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
Peach (n.) The tree ({Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit.
Peach (n.) The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, The large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, The fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris speciosa).
Peach color, The pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), The larva of a clearwing moth ({Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
Peach (n.) Cultivated in temperate regions [syn: peach, peach tree, Prunus persica].
Peach (n.) A very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish].
Peach (n.) Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh.
Peach (n.) A shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: yellowish pink, apricot, peach, salmon pink].
Peach (v.) Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful -- his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth].
Peach -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 23668
Housing Units (2000): 9093
Land area (2000): 151.058459 sq. miles (391.239596 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.398603 sq. miles (1.032378 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 151.457062 sq. miles (392.271974 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.573982 N, 83.835036 W
Headwords:
Peach
Peach, GA
Peach County
Peach County, GA
Peach-colored (a.) Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." -- Shak.
Peach-colored (a.) Having the color of a ripe peach.
Peacher (n.) One who peaches. [Low] -- Foxe.
Peachick (n.) (Zool.) The chicken of the peacock.
Peachick (n.) A young peafowl [syn: peachick, pea-chick].
Peachy (a.) Resembling a peach or peaches.
Peachy (a.) Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing].
Peachy (a.) Of something resembling a peach in color [syn: peachy, peachy-colored, peachy-coloured].
Peacock (n.) (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock ({Pavo muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
Peacock (n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
Peacock butterfly (Zool.), A handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
Peacock fish (Zool.), The European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
Peacock pheasant (Zool.), Any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
They resemble the peacock in color.
Peacock (n.) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot [syn: peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io].
Peacock (n.) Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.
Peacock, () (Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).
Peafowl (n.) (Zool.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.
Paage (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.] -- Burke.
Peag (n.) A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
Peage (n.) See Paage.
Peagrit (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.
Compare: Pisolite
Pisolite (n.) (Min.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
Note: Oolite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.
Peahen (n.) (Zool.) The hen or female peafowl. Pea jacket; Pea-jacket
Peahen (n.) Female peafowl.
Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.
Syn: pea coat, peacoat, pea jacket.
Compare: Peag
Peag (n.) A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.
Peak (n.) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." -- Beau. & Fl.
Peak (n.) The top, or one of
the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole
hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the
Silent upon a peak in Darien. -- Keats.
Peak (n.) (Naut.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
Peak (n.) (Naut.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
Peak (n.) (Naut.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also pea and pee.]
Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
Peaked (imp. & p. p.) of Peak.
Peaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peak.
Peak (v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
There peaketh up a mighty high mount. -- Holand.
Peak (v. i.) Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year.
Peak (v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." -- Shak.
Peak (v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] -- Shak.
Peak arch (Arch.), A pointed or Gothic arch.
Peak (n.) The most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" [syn: extremum, peak].
Peak (n.) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush].
Peak (n.) The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top].
Peak (n.) The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit].
Peak (n.) A “V” shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak].
Peak (n.) The highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme].
Peak (n.) A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor].
Peak (v.) To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" [syn: top out, peak] [ant: bottom out].
Peaked (a.) Pointed; ending in a point; as, a peaked roof.
Peaked (a.) Sickly; not robust. [Colloq.]
Peaked (a.) Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy].
Peaked (a.) Having or rising to a peak; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills."
Peaking (a.) Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
Peaking (a.) Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
Peakish (a.) Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. "Her peakish spring." --Drayton. "His peakish dialect." -- Bp. Hall.
Peakish (a.) Having peaks; peaked.
Peakish (a.) Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly. [Colloq.]
Peaky (a.) Having a peak or peaks. -- Tennyson.
Peaky (a.) Sickly; peaked. [Colloq.]
Peaky (a.) Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" [syn: peaky, spiky].
Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Peal (v. i.) To appeal.
Peal (n.) A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
Pealed (imp. & p. p.) of Peal.
Pealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peal.
Peal (v. i.) To utter or give out loud sounds.
Peal (v. i.) To resound; to echo.
Peal (v. t.) To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
Peal (v. t.) To assail with noise or loud sounds.
Peal (v. t.) To pour out.
Pean (n.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.
Pean (n.) A song of praise and triumph. See Paean.
Peanism (n.) The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph.
Peanut (n.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.
Pear (n.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
Pearch (n.) See Perch.
Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
Pearl Harbor (n.) 珍珠港（英語：Pearl Harbor）是一個位於美國哈瓦伊歐胡島上的海港，位於該州首府檀香山西方。其命名的由來，是該地曾經盛產珍珠而得名。珍珠港港區與鄰近島嶼上大部分的設施都屬於美國海軍所有，作為深水軍港使用，也是美國海軍太平洋艦隊的總部所在地。1941年12月7日珍珠港曾遭日軍突襲轟炸造成重大傷亡，史稱「珍珠港事件」。此事件直接導致美國對日宣戰，正式加入第二次世界大戰中太平洋戰場部分的戰事。
2010年，珍珠港與空軍基地希卡母合併成為「珍珠港-希卡姆聯合基地」。
電影《虎！虎！虎！》及《珍珠港》就是以此事件為背景所拍攝，電影原聲帶亦從此熱銷。
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It has been long visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. [1] The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, was the immediate cause of the United States' entry into World War II. [2] [3] [4]
Pearlins (n. pl.) Alt. of Pearlings.
Pearlings (n. pl.) A kind of lace of silk or thread.
Pearlite (n.) Alt. of Pearlstone.
Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
Pearlwort (n.) A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.
Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
Pearmain (n.) The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.
Pear-shaped (a.) Of the form of a pear.
Peart (a.) Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.
Peasant (n.) [C] 農夫，小耕農；【口】鄉下人；粗野的人 A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Peasant (a.) Rustic, rural. -- Spenser.
Peasant (n.) A country person [syn: {peasant}, {provincial}, {bucolic}].
Peasant (n.) One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers.
Peasant (n.) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: {peasant}, {barbarian}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke}, {tike}].
Peasantlike (a.) Rude; clownish; illiterate.
Peasantly (a.) Peasantlike.
Peasantry (n.) （總稱）農民 [the S] [G]；農民的地位（或身分、行為） Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. "A bold peasantry." -- Goldsmith.
Peasantry (n.) Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] -- p. Butler.
Peasantry (n.) The class of peasants.
Peascod (n.) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea.
Peases (n. pl. ) of Pease.
Peasen (n. pl. ) of Pease.
Pease (n.) A pea.