pease
Origin of pease
pea
1- the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- the plant itself.
- the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
- any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea.
- something resembling a pea, especially in being small and round.
- pertaining to, growing, containing, or cooked with peas: We cultivated some tomato vines and a pea patch.
- small or small and round (usually used in combination).
- pea coal.
Origin of pea
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2Related Words for pease
stone, pellet, dot, frock, raincoat, overcoat, cloak, jacket, suit, wrap, tuxedo, windbreaker, shot, speck, drop, dab, particle, globule, bean, grainExamples from the Web for pease
Contemporary Examples of pease
The former Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire marked our first stop.
They also become eligible for the AMT, and if they aren't hit by the AMT, they will get hit by the Pease deduction phaseout.
Should People Who Make $250,000 a Year Worry About Obama's Tax Proposals?Megan McArdle
November 20, 2012
Historical Examples of pease
Miss Pease, having been invited out that day, was not present at dinner.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
Miss Pease smiled with the superiority of the corrected who is about to correct.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
England should be the first on the sea, and able to impose "pease by auctorité."
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
Look at the two, for instance, through the youth of a pease blossom, Fig. 8.
Proserpina, Volume 1John Ruskin
But the grain of corn is a quite distinct thing from the seed of pease.
Proserpina, Volume 1John Ruskin
pease
- an archaic or dialect word for pea
Word Origin for pease
pea
- an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
- the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
- (as modifier)pea soup
- any of several other leguminous plants, such as the sweet pea, chickpea, and cowpea
Word Origin for pea
Word Origin and History for pease
Old English; see pea, of which this is the etymologically correct form.
pea
early or mid-17c., false singular from Middle English pease (plural pesen), which was both single and collective (e.g. wheat, corn) but the "s" sound was mistaken for the plural inflection. From Old English pise (West Saxon), piose (Mercian) "pea," from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum "pea," from Greek pison "the pea," perhaps of Thracian or Phrygian origin [Klein].
In Southern U.S. and the Caribbean, used of other legumes as well. Pea soup is first recorded 1711 (pease-soup); applied to London fogs since at least 1849. Pea-shooter attested from 1803.
Idioms and Phrases with pease
pea
see like as two peas in a pod.