peasen
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As we went aboord we found great store of peason as good as any wee haue in England: a man would thinke they had bene sowed there.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard
Gilbert White, who died in 1793, writes in the section of his book devoted to the Antiquities of Selborne, that "Within the author's memory the Saxon plurals, housen and peason," were in common use.
From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.
The soyle along the coast is not deepe of earth, bringing foorth abundantly peason, small, yet good feeding for cattel.
From The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of
"Sowe peason and beanes, in the wane of the moone, Who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soone That they with the planet may rest and arise, And flourish, with bearing most plentiful wise."
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
I can assure you that the sight of a "peason," however small, if it did not come out of a tin can, would be an acceptable offering to your friend.
From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
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