Glossary list
Glossaries
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| Parry¹ | William Edward Parry (1790-1855) British naval officer and Arctic explorer. In 1827 he attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole.
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| paviour¹ | Paviour: A person who lays paving [OED]
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| pavours(1) | Paving stones
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| Pea(1) | Pea Jacket : A short, double-breasted, woollen overcoat, formerly commonly worn by sailors. [OED]
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| pearlash | Pearl ash was created by baking potash (the main component of which is potassium carbonate) in a kiln to remove impurities. The fine, white powder remaining was the pearl ash
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| peas(1) | Pea Jacket : A short, double-breasted, woollen overcoat, formerly commonly worn by sailors. [OED]
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| Pease pudding |
A dish of dried peas, usually with various other ingredients, cooked to a pulp.
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| Peeler¹ | Peeler: Originally: a member of the Irish constabulary. Later: (more gen.) a police officer; spec. a member of the original London Metropolitan force.
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| peevish¹ | Peevish: Irritable, querulous; childishly fretful; characterised by or exhibiting petty bad temper. [OED]
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| peg'd¹ | Pegged. Walked, trudged (N.W.England)
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| pegasus¹ | From Greek Mythology. - The winged horse which sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus... often represented as the favourite steed of the Muses, bearing poets on their flights of poetic inspiration. Also more generally: any winged horse. [OED]
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| pelf(1) | Money
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| pelisse(1) | A woman's long cloak, with armhole slits and a shoulder cape or hood, often made of a rich fabric; (later also) a long fitted coat of similar style. [O.E.D.]
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| penny¹ | Penny; plural 'pence'. a coin worth one old penny or cash to that value. There were 12 old pence in a shillling.
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| pet² | pet: object of admiration or affection [CPB] |
| pet¹ | Offence at being or feeling slighted; a fit of peevishness or ill humour from this cause. [OED]
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| Philosopher's stone | A mythical solid substance, supposed to change any metal into gold or silver and (according to some) to cure all wounds and diseases and prolong life indefinitely [OED]
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| phrenology¹ | The theory that the mental powers or characteristics of an individual consist of separate faculties, each of which has its location in an organ found in a definite region of the surface of the brain, the size or development of which is commensurate with the development of the particular faculty; the study of the external conformation of the cranium as an index to the position and degree of development of the various faculties. [OED]
Phrenological Chart produced by the Edinburgh Phrenological Society
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| Physiognomy¹ | The study of the features of the face, or of the form of the body generally, as being supposedly indicative of character; the art of judging character from such study. [OED]
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| pibroch¹ | The classical or "big" music of the Scottish bagpipe, a piece of pipe-music consisting of a theme, the URLAR, and a series of variations, often extempore, arranged in a regular pattern or sequence. Sometimes loosely used of pipe music in general. [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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