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6 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pea \Pea\ (p[=e]), n. [OF. peis. See {Poise}.]
The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also {pee}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Peak \Peak\ (p[=e]k), n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic
origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. {Pike}.]
1. 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.
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2. 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 Peak of Teneriffe.
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Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats.
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3. (Naut.)
(a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; --
used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards,
peak-brails, etc.
(b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within
it.
(c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the
last sense written also {pea} and {pee}.]
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{Fore peak}. (Naut.) See under {Fore}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pee \Pee\, n.
See 1st {Pea}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pee \Pee\, n.
1. (Naut.) Bill of an anchor. See {Peak}, 3
(c) .
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2. Urine.
[PJC]
3. The act of urinating; -- used in the informal
{take a pee}, meaning, to urinate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
pee \pee\, v. i.
To urinate. [informal]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pee
n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine";
"the child had to make water" [syn: {urine}, {piss}, {piddle},
{weewee}, {water}]
2: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: {peeing},
{pissing}, {piss}]
v : eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle}, {micturate},
{piss}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
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