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Definition of Peasen
1. pease [n] - See also: pease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peasen
Literary usage of Peasen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1855)
"As children is a double form of one sort (r+en), so is peasen a double form of
another (s + en); pea, pea-s, pea-s-en. Wallis speaks to the singular power ..."
2. Great Epochs in American History: Described by Famous Writers from Columbus by Francis Whiting Halsey (1912)
"For our prouision, heere is some store of peasen, and Beanes, and Wheate left on
the ground by ... Wee haue also English peasen, & French-beanes, Gotten, ..."
3. The Old South Leaflets: Annual Series by Edwin D Mead (1903)
"... and 4 Murderers, and haue seuen pieces of Ordnance more, ready to mount forthwith.
For our prouision, heere is some store of peasen, and Beanes, ..."
4. Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1874)
"... v. to upraise with a lever (Fr. peser) Peart adj. brisk Pease v. to run out
in globules peasen s. pi. of pea adj. made of peas, ex. ..."
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