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PENU'RIOUS, a. [L.penuria, scarcity, want; Gr. poor; rare.] 1. Excessively savin...
PENU'RIOUSLY, adv. In a saving or parsimonious manner; with scanty supply.
PEN'URY, n. [L. penuria, from Gr. needy.] Want of property; indigence; extreme p...
PE'ON, n. In Hindoostan, a foot soldier, or a footman armed with sword and targe...
PE'ONY, n. [L. poeonia; Gr. from Apollo.] A plant and flower of the genus Paeoni...
PEOPLE, n. [L. populus.] 1. The body of persons who compose a community, town, c...
PEOPLED, pp. Stocked or furnished with inhabitants.
PEOPLING, ppr. Stocking with inhabitants.
PEOPLISH, a. Vulgar.
PEPAS'TIC, n. [Gr. to concoct or mature.] A medicine that serves to help digesti...
PEP'PER, n. [L. piper.] A plant and its See d or grain, of the genus Piper. The ...
PEP'PER-BOX, n. A small box with a perforated lid,used for sprinkling pulverized...
PEP'PER-CAKE, n. A kind of spiced cake or gingerbread.
PEP'PER-CORN, n. The berry or See d of the pepper-plant. 1. Something of inconsi...
PEPPER-GIN'GERBREAD, n. A kind of cake made in England.
PEP'PER-POT, n. A plant of the genus Capsicum.