Did you maybe mean peace?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Archaic A pea.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pea. See pea.
- n. Peas collectively. For the distinction between peas and pease, see pea.
- n. A small size of coal: same as pea-coal.
- Same as peace.
Wiktionary
- n. archaic form of pea, then later of peas
- v. obsolete To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
- v. obsolete To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
- v. obsolete To placate, appease (someone).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A pea.
- n. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.
Etymologies
- 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)
- Middle English; see pea. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Its name dates from Chaucer's time, when it was known as pease.”
“The word pease now survives only in the name of the dish pease pudding (split peas boiled with other vegetables in a pudding).”
“They have commonly pottage for dinner, composed of cale or cole, leeks, barley or big, and butter; and this is reinforced with bread and cheese, made of skimmed-milk — At night they sup on sowens or flummery of oat-meal — In a scarcity of oats, they use the meal of barley and pease, which is both nourishing and palatable.”
“Instead, therefore, of dining with them, we presented to each tent a quart of pease, which is considered by the”
“When Albert's uncle returned he was very hot, with a beaded brow, but pale as the Dentist when the pease were at their worst.”
“It sounds familiar, but not sure it kinda sounds lke your talkin bout tha song by rhianna called pease dnt stop the music Boy, this is too vague.”
“He's ahead of her at the same age in terms of language in many ways, for example he already says please ( "pease") and thank you spontaneously.”
“I was just explaining to my students about English words that get reunderstood, such as "pease" being reintrepreted as the plural "peas", giving rise to the false singular "pea".”
“France to ask for favors and there had one of themselves as governor; obtained liberty in the beaver trade, which until then had been strictly forbidden to the inhabitants who had been reserved the fruits of the country to advance the culture of the land such as pease, Indian corn, and wheat bread.”
“Unlike many of its British equivalents mash, hotpot, steamed puddings, even the surprisingly similar pease puddings which preceded the potato in this country, dal is a dish which can comfort all year round: the fresh, sharp spices and clean herbs work as well for me on a cooling summer evening as a dark winter's night.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pease’.
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Tweets
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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