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Definition of Pease

1. n. A pea.

Definition of Pease

1. Noun. (archaic) form of pea, then later of '''peas''' ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end. ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete) To placate, appease (someone). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pease

1. a pea [n PEASEN or PEASES] - See also: pea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pease

Literary usage of Pease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"Gentlemen: Replying to your telegram of the first, will say we did not answer from the fact that we have these pease in a dozen different little towns right ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1905)
"657 was the daughter of Elijah and Anna (pease) Arey. " 603 was the daughter of William and Abigail (Mayhew) Jernegan. 665 ivas Mary (Beetle), first wife of ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1818)
"Od. pease & Beans. 1st 36s. Od. 3d, 30s. Od. 3d 27s. Od. Quartern Loaf . ... Tlie boll of wheat, beans, and pease, is about 4 per cent more than half a ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"pease, however, withdrew from railway enterprise about 1830, and died at his residence, North- gate, Darlington, on 31 July 1858. His relations with George ..."

5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"pease-BOLT. pease-straw. Eatt. It occurs in Tusser, ed. 1812, p. 28. pease-BRUSH. pease-stubble. Heref. pease-PORRIDGE-TAWNY. Л dingy yellow. ..."

6. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, John Peter De Gex (1856)
"pease and WH pease. The following is the substance of the case as stated by the Bill in reference to the transaction in question: — Prior to and at the date ..."

7. American Journal of Conchology by George Washington Tryon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Conchological Section (1867)
"HARPER pease, in American Journal of Conchology, Vol. II., p. ... P. TRILINEATA, pease, Am. Jour. Conch. II., p. 195, 1866. Fig. 2. P. ELONGATA, pease, id., ..."

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