Definition of peter

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

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Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Vatican :: Vatican (n.) A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc..
Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A trumpeter.
Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..
Petering :: Petering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pete.
Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces..
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..
Peterman :: Peterman (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
Nitre :: Nitre (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
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.) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.
Rome Scot :: Rome scot () See Peter pence, under Peter..
Peter :: Peter (n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,.
Peterel :: Peterel (n.) See Petrel.
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..
Triton :: Triton (n.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell..
Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..
Yakamilk :: Yakamilk (n.) See Trumpeter, 3 (a)..
Saltpeter :: Saltpeter (n.) Alt. of Saltpetr.
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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