pean
a variant of paean.
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How to use pean in a sentence
pean sprang after them, and in a few minutes I heard the dull, muffled report of his musket.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. ShieldsThe deer had fallen after going but a few yards, but was not quite dead when pean came up and shot it through the head.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shieldspean cut only a handful of boughs, spread them near the fire, threw his coat over them, and lay down.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. ShieldsOld pean complained of feeling unwell during the evening, and in the morning when we got up said he was sick.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shieldspean brought with him a cotton bedspread that had also once been white, but left this with the canoe.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
British Dictionary definitions for pean (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpiːən) /
a less common US spelling of paean
British Dictionary definitions for pean (2 of 2)
/ (piːn) /
heraldry a fur of sable spotted with or
Origin of pean
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