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See Peter pence, under Peter.
PETER
n.
See Pederero.
v. i.
To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.
n.
A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
n.
A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Peter
n.
A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
n. pl.
Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
n.
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.
n.
A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
n.
A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.
imp. & p. p.
of Peter
n.
A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.
n.
A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.
pl.
of Peterman
n.
One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine.
n.
A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
n.
See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint.
n.
See Petrel.
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