Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PEACE'A-BLY, adv.

1. Without war; without tumult or commotion; without private feuds and quarrels.
2. Without disturbance; quietly; without agitation; without interruption.

PEACE'BREAK-ER, n.

One that violates or disturbs public peace.

PEACE'FUL, a.

1. Quiet; undisturbed; not in a state of war or commotion; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country.
2. Pacific; mild; calm; as, peaceful words; a peaceful temper.
3. Removed from noise or tumult; still; undisturbed; as, the peaceful cottage; the peaceful scenes of rural life.

PEACE'FUL-LY, adv.

1. Without war or commotion.
2. Quietly; without disturbance. Our loved earth, where peacefully we slept. – Dryden.
3. Mildly; gently.

PEACE'FUL-NESS, n.

1. Quiet; freedom from war, tumult, disturbance or discord.
2. Freedom from mental perturbation; as, peacefulness of mind.

PEACE'LESS, a.

Without peace; disturbed. – Sandys.

PEACE'-MAK-ER, n.

One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matth. v.

PEACE'-OF-FER-ING, n.

An offering that procures peace. Among the Jews, an offering or sacrifice to God for atonement and reconciliation for a crime or offense. – Leviticus.

PEACE'-OF-FI-CER, n.

Civil officer whose duty is to preserve the public peace, to prevent or punish riots, &c.; as a sherif, or constable.

PEACE'-PART-ED, a.

Dismissed from the world in peace. – Shak.

PEACE'-PAR-TY, n.

A party that favors peace, or the making of peace. – Milford.

PEACH, n. [Fr. pêche; It. pesca; Arm. pechesen.]

A tree and its fruit, of the genus Persica or Amygdalus, of many varieties. This is a delicious fruit, the produce of warm or temperate climates. In America, the peach thrives and comes to perfection in the neighborhood of Boston, northward of which it usually fails.

PEACH, v. [for Impeach, not used.]

– Dryden.

PEACH'-COL-OR, n.

The pale red color of the peach blossom.

PEACH'-COL-OR-ED, a.

Of the color of a peach blossom. – Shak.

PEACH-ER, n.

An accuser. [Not used.] – Fox.

PEA-CHICK, n.

The chicken or young of the peacock. – Southern.

PEACH-TREE, n.

The tree that produces the peach.

PEA-COCK, n. [Pea, in this word, is from L. pavo. Sax. pawa; Fr. paon, contracted from pavonis; It. pavone; Sp. pavon; D. paauw; G. pfau; W. pawan, from paw, spreading, extending.]

A large and beautiful gallinaceous fowl of the genus Pavo, properly the male of the species, but in usage the name is applied to the species in general. The feathers of this fowl's tail are very long, and variegated with rich and elegant colors. The peacock is a native of India.

PEA-COCK-FISH, n.

A fish of the Indian seas, having streaks of beautiful colors:

PEA-HEN, n. [Gr. pfauhenne or pfauen; D. paauwin.]

The hen or female of the peacock.

PEAK, n. [Sax. peac; W. pig; Ir. peac; Eng. pike, beak; Fr. pique; It. becco; Sp. pico. These are of one family, signifying a point, from shooting or thrusting.]

1. The top of a hill or mountain, ending in a point; as, the peak of Teneriffe.
2. A point; the end of any thing that terminates in a point.
3. The upper corner of a sail which is extended by a gaff or yard; also, the extremity of the yard or gaff. – Mar. Dict.

PEAK, v.i.

1. To look sickly or thin. [Not used.] – Shak.
2. To make a mean figure; to sneak. [Not used.] – Shak.

PEAK, v.t.

To raise a gaff or yard more obliquely to the mast. – Mar. Dict.

PEAK'ED, a.

Pointed; ending in a point.