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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.

A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [Obs.] Burton.

A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

Parturition.

Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. Jer. Tailor.

Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

Pastry. Sterne.

Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Two peery gray eyes." Sir W. Scott.

See Perioecians.

The primitive perivisceral cavity.

Excessive care or diligence. [Obs.]

Precious stones; jewels. [Obs.] [Written also perre, perrye, etc.] Chaucer.

A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot. Hakluyt.

A pear tree. [Written also pery, pyrie.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

A rough gale of wind. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded. Mozley & W.

ppi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. Longfellow.

Illinois; -- a nickname.

Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states. [R.]

The plant privet. [Obs.] Tusser.