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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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..
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..
Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces..
Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.
Boyard :: Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania..
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..
Peter :: Peter (n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,.
Petered :: Petered (imp. & p. p.) of Pete.
Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's..
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)..
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..
Peterel :: Peterel (n.) See Petrel.
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..
Peterwort :: Peterwort (n.) See Saint Peter's-wort, under Saint..
Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A trumpeter.
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..
Petersham :: Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material..
Papeterie :: Papeterie (n.) A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
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