Peg Wood
Small round sticks of wood used for cleaning out pivot holes, etc.
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These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Peg Wood, Pegasis, Pegasus.
Pegasis
A term applied to the fountain Hippocrene , which was called forth by the hoof of Pegasus . The Muses are also called Pegasides, because the fountain Hippocrene was sacred to them.
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Pegasus
in astronomy, the Flying Horse; one of the 20 ancient N. constellations, bounded on the N. by Lacerta and Andromeda, on the S. by Aquarius, on the E. by Pisces, and on the W. by Equuleus and Delphinus. It is on the meridian in September at midnight. Alpha Pegasi is Markab, Beta Pegasi is Scheat, and Gamma Pegasi is Algenib. These with Alpha Andromedæ constitute the great square of Pegasus. In classical mythology, a winged steed which sprang forth from the neck of Medusa after her head had been severed by Perseus. As soon as he was born he flew upward, and fixed his abode on Mount Helicon, where, with a blow of his hoofs he produced the fountain Hippocrene. In ichthyology, the only genus of the family Pegasidæ. Pectoral fins broad, horizontal, long, composed of simple rays, sometimes spinous. Upper part of the snout produced. Four species are known; all very small fishes.
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Peggotty
the name of several characters in Dickens' David Copperfield . Clara Peggotty is David's nurse in childhood and his faithful friend always. She marries Barkis, famous for his laconic proposal, "Barkis is willin'." Her brother, Mr. Peggotty, is the uncle of Little Emily, in search of whom he wanders on foot through many lands. Ham Peggotty, nephew of Mr. Peggotty, gives his life in the great storm in an effort to save a shipwrecked crew. These three are among the finest examples of Dickens' power to portray the true nobility of character found among plain and humble people.
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Pegoud
ADOLPHE, a French aviator. He was born in 1885, and following the first success of Santos-Dumont and the Wright brothers in flying, took up the profession of an aeronaut. In 1913 he astonished Paris by his feats in the air, diving, looping the loop, flying with his machine at what had hitherto been considered impossible angles. During the war his machine was repeatedly hit by enemy bullets, but he succeeded in bringing down seven or eight German machines, winning military medals. He was killed in the summer of 1915.
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Pegu
a town, division, and river of Lower Burma. The town stands on the river Pegu, 46 miles N. E. of Rangoon. The old city was founded in 573 and was made the capital of a powerful independent kingdom. European traveler travelers in the 16th century speak of its great size and magnificence. It was destroyed in the middle of the 18th century by Alompra; but was rebuilt. It was offered to the British by the inhabitants, in the first and in the second War. PEG WOFFINGTON. See WOFFING- TON, MARGARET.
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Pehlevi
PEHLAVI, or PAHLAVI, a Parsee sacred language, which succeeded the Zend and preceded the modern Persian. It was a development of the old Zend. The Zend Avesta was translated into it.
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Pei-Ho
a river of China, rises near the borders of Mongolia, flows N. E. and S. E., past Peking and Tien-tsin, and falls into the Gulf of Pechili after a course of more than 350 miles. The mouth of the river is defended by the powerful forts of Taku. See CHINA.
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Peine Forte Et Dure
in Old English law, a penalty or punishment inflicted on those who, being charged with felony, remained mute, and refused to plead. It was introduced by a statute of Edward I., and was vulgarly called pressing to death, whence there was in Newgate a place called the press yard, where such penalty was inflicted.
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Peirce
BENJAMIN, an American mathematician; born in Salem, Mass., April 4, 1809; studied at Harvard, where in 1833 he became professor. In 1849, he became consulting astronomer to the "American Nautical Almanac"; and from 1867 to 1874 he was superintendent of the Coast Survey. In 1836-1846 he issued an admirable series of mathematical text-books, and he contributed to various mathematical journals. His paper on the discovery of Neptune (1848) attracted universal attention; and his PEIXOTTO papers on the constitution of Saturn's railroads. Its industries include the rings (1851-1855) were equally remarkable. His great " Treatise on Analytic Mechanics" appeared in 1857; and he left his mark on various departments of mathematical and astronomical investigation. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 6, 1880. manufacture of agricultural implements, wagons, carriages, brick and tile, foundry products, important coal producing and agriculcts, etc. It is the center of an tural region and has a considerable grain market. It has an important shipping trade by rail and water. Its public buildings include a library, a court house, buildings. Pop. (1910) 9,897; (1920) Saran government buildings, and public school 12,086.
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Peixotto
ERNEST CLIFFORD, Cal., in 1869. Studied art in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salons and in many leading American exhibitions. From 1897 his chief work was that of illustrator. He lived for many years in Europe, where he wrote and illustrated articles for Scribner's and other magathe Chinese republic, province of Chih-le,
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Pekan
Mustela pennanti, Pennant's marten, a North American species , larger than those found in Great Britain, being about four feet long, including the tail. Its face is doglike; fur brown, with white patches on chest and belly. Its favorite food is said to be the Canadian porcupine ( Erythizon dorsatus), but it often steals the fish used to bait traps, whence it is sometimes called the fisher.
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Pelagic Sealing
the taking of seal in the open sea. By the Paris award of 1893, pelagic sealing within a zone of 60 miles off the Pribilof islands was forbidden. See BERING SEA.
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Pelagius
the author of the system of doctrine which goes by his name. See PELAGIANS.
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Pelagius
Pope; a native of Rome; ascended the papal chair in succession to Virgilius, in 555. He endeavored to reform the clergy; and when Rome was besieged by the Goths, he obtained from Totila, their general, many concessions in favor of the citizens. died in 560.
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