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The wood of the olive.

Same as Oarweed.

Same as Oarweed.

Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.

To strew or scatter over.

An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] Shak.

The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.

r of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

See Pewit.

ions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; - - sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.

Same as Pewit.

One who occupies the same pew with another.

The pewee. [Written also peevit, peewit, pewet.]

Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.

One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith. Shak.

Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste.

e based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

The lapwing, or pewit. [Prov. Eng.]