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Petering :: Petering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pete.

Peter :: Peter (v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out..

Peterel :: Peterel (n.) See Petrel.

Peterwort :: Peterwort (n.) See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint..

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it..

Woulfe Bottle :: Woulfe bottle (n.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist..

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces..

Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..

Rome Scot :: Rome scot () See Peter pence, under Peter..

Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Yakamilk :: Yakamilk (n.) See Trumpeter, 3 (a)..

Petre :: Petre (n.) See Saltpeter.

Agami :: Agami (n.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter..

Peterero :: Peterero (n.) See Pederero.

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Sententiary :: Sententiary (n.) One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine..

Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..

Padella :: Padella (n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle..

Anatron :: Anatron (n.) Saltpeter.

Boyard :: Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania..

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