Peag

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peag \Peag\ (p[=e]g), n. [Written also {peage}, {peak},
     {peeke}.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by
     shortening of wampumpeag. --RHUD.]
     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}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peag
       n : small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and
           fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
           American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: {wampum}, {wampumpeag}]