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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Archaic A pea.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A pea. See pea.
  2. n. Peas collectively. For the distinction between peas and pease, see pea.
  3. n. A small size of coal: same as pea-coal.
  4. Same as peace.

Wiktionary

  1. n. archaic form of pea, then later of peas
  2. v. obsolete To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
  3. v. obsolete To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
  4. v. obsolete To placate, appease (someone).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A pea.
  2. n. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.

Etymologies

  1. From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier ("to appease"). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English; see pea. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • jaime_d From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport Jan 18, 2010

  • mollusque More Gruel? Jun 24, 2008

  • dontcry Why the porch practically wraps around the whole house, giving it a big hug! Waffle? I can burn it so it's crunchy... Jun 24, 2008

  • reesetee John: You do know that they actually fly pease there, right?

    *sits back on porch to finish waffles* Jun 24, 2008

  • jennarenn Now, here's a question: Is the porch attached to an actual house, or is it a free-standing structure, a la Scrubs? Jun 24, 2008

  • dontcry Yes, Asa, it would! Especially if you deep fry it, as bilby suggests. Thanks for the kudos on the hat trick! *takes a victory lap around the porch* Jun 24, 2008

  • asativum I believe frying your pease porridge would help minimize the mushiness, no?

    dontcry: I think your exhortation to jennaren qualifies as some kind of Wordie trifecta. Beautifully done. Jun 24, 2008

  • bilby Oh well, we can allocate her a mush puppy to help out. Jun 24, 2008

  • dontcry b - Crosswords generally are done during the breakfast part of the porch day. Do you think jenn can handle the, um, mushiness? Jun 24, 2008

  • bilby You're in. We may even have a job vacancy for you in the Ministry of Crosswords. Jun 24, 2008

  • jennarenn dc: I wish I could say that I was a fan of mushy foods, such as porridge, oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc., but it is not so. Much like Sunny Baudelaire, I prefer my breakfast foods on the crunchy side.

    b: I can whistle, rock, knit, play *with* crickets, eat apples, and tell tall tales. Do I pass??? Jun 23, 2008

  • dontcry jenn: open mind, please. "Porridge" is nothing more than oats, (in my part of the world an others) or a form of rice or semolina that is cooked and served, usually but not always, for breakfast It can be served sweet or savory, hot or cold, and yes, even fried!

    Perhaps you've head of grits, polenta, kasha? All types of "porridge."

    Pease, jenn, give porridge a chance. Jun 23, 2008

  • john Wow, there sure is a lot of interest in this former Air Force base in New Hampshire. Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby You-betcha-by-golly-wow we are. All applications in nullicate to Ambassador dontcry. Preferred Porchist citizens are those who can whistle Dixie, rock, knit, play cricket, suck apples, tell tall tales and/or improvise toejam/Uranus jokes.

    The bar has been set yay high. Jun 23, 2008

  • jennarenn Ew. It still wouldn't satisfy the "bread product" requirement, and it certainly wouldn't qualify as fried *goodness*.

    bilby: Is the People's Democratic Republic of The Porch accepting new citizenship applications at this time? Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby This is good thinking. In the People's Democratic Republic of The Porch, we can deep fry anything.

    A-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. Jun 23, 2008

  • dontcry I bet you could fry porridge. Jun 23, 2008

  • jennarenn Porridge is a pretty word for some less than satisfactory eats. Maybe if porridge denoted a fried bread product, we'd hear it more often. Jun 23, 2008

  • rolig I feel for you, bilby. Really I do. What's a word gotta do to get some real attention around here? Jun 23, 2008

  • bilby If only it ended in -udgeon or had something to do with smelly toes it would have been listed 5 times already *sigh* Jun 23, 2008

  • asativum Thanks rolig! My new favorite backformation. And clearly porridge hasn't been getting its due of late, at least this side of the Atlantic. Why ever did it fall out of favor? Jun 23, 2008

  • dontcry I learned it this way:
    "The man in the moon
    Came down too soon,
    Inquiring the way to Norwich.

    The man from the south
    He burnt his mouth
    From eating cold plum porridge."

    Jun 22, 2008

  • johnmperry The man in the moon
    Came tumbling down
    And asked the way to Norwich.
    They told him south,
    He burnt his mouth,
    Eating cold pease porridge
    Pease pudding is the ideal accompaniment to boiled bacon, and can be bought in cans if you don't know (or can't be arsed) to make it. Jun 22, 2008

  • rolig Asat, pea is a back-formation of pease, which used to be standard name of the legume Pisum sativum (a relation of yours, perhaps?). The seeds of the pease were served as a dish (or a porridge, as dontcry reminds us), which was naturally called "pease", but then people started thinking, "Well, if these tasty green seeds are called 'pease', then one of these seeds must be a 'pea'!" Hence the modern word. Jun 21, 2008

  • dontcry Pease porridge hot,
    Pease porridge cold,
    Pease porridge in the pot
    Nine days old.

    Some like it hot,
    Some like it cold,
    Some like it in the pot
    Nine days old.
    Jun 21, 2008

  • Prolagus There is a T-shirt with the same phrase somewhere in the web. Jun 21, 2008

  • asativum Is whirled pease any different than whirled peas?

    (And of what is pea a back-formation?) Jun 21, 2008

  • bilby I would just get a kick out of seeing the spelling pease in general use rather than peas.

    All I am saying is give pease a chance. Jun 21, 2008

  • rolig I'd like to help the cause, bilby. Really I would. But I'm not sure how. Anyway, I have always liked peas, being a back-formation and all. Jun 21, 2008

  • asativum It's a Christmasy way to ask politely.

    (No L.) Jun 21, 2008

  • johnmperry Why does it need reviving? Is it dying? Jun 21, 2008

  • bilby Pretty pease? Jun 21, 2008

  • bilby Wordies, can we try to revive this elegant old spelling? Jun 21, 2008

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