pease¹ /pēz/

A pea or pea-plant (pl pease; old pl peason /pēzˈən/), now almost wholly superseded by the new singular pea and plural peas (see pea¹) except in a collective sense

peaseˈ-bannˈock noun

A bannock made of pease-meal

peaseˈ-blossom noun

peaseˈ-broseˈ noun

Brose made of pease-meal

peaseˈcod, peasˈcod or peaˈcod noun

The pod of the pea

peaseˈcod-bellˈied adjective

(of a doublet) peaked downwards in front

peaseˈcod-cuirassˈ noun

A cuirass shaped like the peasecod-bellied doublet

peaseˈ-meal, peaseˈ-porrˈidge or pease pudding noun

Meal, porridge, or pudding made from pease

peaseˈ-soup or pea soup noun

1. Soup made from pease
2. A thick yellow heavy-smelling fog (also peaˈ-soupˈer; informal)

peaˈ-soupˈy adjective

peaseˈ-straw or peaˈ-straw noun

The stems and leaves of the pea-plant after the peas have been picked

peise, peize, pease, peaze or peyse /pāz or pēz/ (obsolete)

1. Weight
2. A weight
3. A balance
4. A blow (Spenser)

1. To balance (Spenser, Shakespeare)
2. To poise (Spenser)
3. To put weights on, weigh down (Shakespeare)

To press or settle downwards

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