Pedagogy Ped"a·go`gy noun [ Greek ...: confer French
pédagogie .]
Pedagogics; pedagogism. South.
Pedal Pe"dal adjective [ Latin
pedalis , from
pes ,
pedis , foot. See
Foot , and confer
Pew .]
1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zoology) , pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. Pedal curve or
surface (Geom.) ,
the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. --
Pedal note (Mus.) ,
the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See Organ point , under Organ . --
Pedal organ (Mus.) ,
an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet.
Pedal Pe"dal noun [ Confer French
pédale , Italian
pedale . See
Pedal ,
adjective ]
1. (Mech.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle. 2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface.
Pedalian Pe·da"li·an adjective Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [ R.]
Maunder.
Pedality Pe·dal"i·ty noun The act of measuring by paces. [ R.]
Ash.
Pedaneous Pe·da"ne·ous adjective [ Latin
pedaneus of the size of a foot.]
Going on foot; pedestrian. [ R.]
Pedant Ped"ant noun [ French
pédant , Italian
pedante , from Greek ... to instruct, from
pai^s boy. See
Pedagogue .]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [ Obsolete]
Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church.
Shak. 2. One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant , was he.
Goldsmith.
Pedantic, Pedantical Pe·dan"tic, Pe·dan"tic·al adjective Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures
pedantical ."
Shak.
Pedantically Pe·dan"tic·al·ly adverb In a pedantic manner.
Pedanticly Pe·dan"tic·ly adverb Pedantically. [ R.]
Pedantism Ped"ant·ism noun The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [ Obsolete]
Pedantize Ped"ant·ize intransitive verb [ Confer French
pédantiser .]
To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [ R.]
Pedantocracy Ped`an·toc"ra·cy noun [
Pedant + demo
cracy .]
The sway of pedants. [ R.]
J. S. Mill.
Pedantry Ped"ant·ry noun [ Confer French
pédanterie .]
The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning. "This
pedantry of quotation."
Cowley. 'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry .
Sir T. Browne.
Pedanty Ped"ant·y noun An assembly or clique of pedants. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Pedarian Pe·da"ri·an noun [ Latin
pedarius , from
pedarius belonging to the foot, from
pes ,
pedis , foot.]
(Rom. Antiq.) One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.
Pedary Ped"a·ry noun ;
plural Pedaries . [ Latin
pedarius of the foot.]
A sandal. [ Obsolete]
Latimer.
Pedata Pe·da"ta noun plural [ New Latin See
Pedate .]
(Zoology) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.
Pedate Ped"ate adjective [ Latin
pedatus , past participle of
pedare to furnish with feet, from
pes ,
pedis , a foot.]
(Botany) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf. --
Ped"ate*ly ,
adverb
Pedatifid Pe·dat"i·fid adjective [
Pedate + root of Latin
findere to split.] [ Colloq.]
Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.
Peddle Ped"dle intransitive verb [ From
Peddler .]
1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license. 2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Peddle Ped"dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Peddled ;
present participle & verbal noun Peddling .]
To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
Peddler Ped"dler noun [ Middle English
pedlere ,
pedlare , also
peddare ,
peoddare , from Middle English
ped a basket, of unknown origin.]
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [ Written also
pedlar and
pedler .] "Some vagabond huckster or
peddler ."
Hakluyt.
Peddlery Ped"dler·y noun [ Written also
pedlary and
pedlery .]
1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler. 2. Trifling; trickery. [ Obsolete] "Look . . . into these their deceitful
peddleries ."
Milton.
Peddling Ped"dling adjective 1. Hawking; acting as a peddler. 2. Petty; insignificant. "The miserable remains of a
peddling commerce."
Burke.
Pederast Ped"er·ast noun [ Greek
paiderasth`s ;
pai^s ,
paido`s , a boy +
'era^n to love: confer French
pédéraste .]
One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
Pederastic Ped`er·as"tic adjective [ Greek
paiderastiko`s .]
Of or pertaining to pederasty.
Pederasty Ped"er·as`ty noun [ Greek
paiderasti`a : confer French
pédérastie .]
The crime against nature; sodomy.
Pederero Ped`e·re"ro noun [ Spanish
pedrero , from OSp.
pedra , Spanish
piedra , a stone, Latin
petra , from Greek .... So named because it was at first charged with stones.]
(Mil.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. [ Written also
paterero and
peterero .]
Pedesis Pe·de"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a leaping.]
Same as Brownian movement , under Brownian .
Pedestal Ped"es·tal noun [ Spanish
pedestal ; confer French
piédestal , Italian
piedestallo ; from Latin
es ,
pedis , foot + Old High German
stal standing place, station, place, akin to English
stall . See
Foot , and
Stall , and
Footstall .]
1. (Architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column . Build him a pedestal , and say, "Stand there!"
Cowper. 2. (a) (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. (b) (Machinery) A pillow block; a low housing. (c) (Bridge Building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier. Pedestal coil (steam Heating) ,
a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.
Pedestaled Ped"es·taled adjective Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne. Pedestaled haply in a palace court.
Keats.
Pedestrial Pe·des"tri·al adjective [ Latin
pedester ,
-esteris , from
pes ,
pedis , a foot: confer French
pédestere . See
Pedal .]
Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.
Pedestrially Pe·des"tri·al·ly adverb In a pedestrial manner.
Pedestrian Pe·des"tri·an adjective Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
Pedestrian Pe·des"tri·an noun A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.
Pedestrianism Pe·des"tri·an·ism noun The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.
Pedestrianize Pe·des"tri·an·ize intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pedestrianized ;
present participle & verbal noun Pedestrianizing .]
To practice walking; to travel on foot.
Pedestrious Pe·des"tri·ous adjective Going on foot; not winged. [ Obsolete] "
Pedestrious animals."
Sir T. Browne.
Pedetentous Ped`e·ten"tous adjective [ Latin
pes ,
pedis , foot +
tendere to stretch out: confer Latin
tentim by degrees.]
Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [ R.]
That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk.
Sydney Smith.
Pedi-, Pedo- Ped"i-, Ped"o- [ See Foot .] Combining forms from Latin pes , pedis , foot, as pedi palp, pedi reme, pedo meter.
Pedial Pe"di·al adjective Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal. Dana.
Pediatric Ped`i·at"ric (pĕd`ĭ*ăt"rĭk
or pēd`ĭ*ăt"rĭk)
adjective [ Greek
pai^s ,
paido`s , child +
'iatrei`a healing.]
(Medicine) Pertaining to the care and medical treatment of children. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Pediatrics Ped`i·at"rics noun That branch of medical science which treats of the hygiene and diseases of children.
Pedicel Ped"i·cel noun [ French
pédicelle . See
Pedicle .]
1. (Botany) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle , and Illust. of Flower . (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns. 2. (Zoology) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion . 3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals.
Pediceled Ped"i·celed adjective Pedicellate.
Pedicellaria Ped`i·cel·la"ri·a noun ;
plural Pedicellariæ . [ New Latin See
Pedicel .]
(Zoology) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
Pedicellate Ped"i·cel`late adjective Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.
Pedicellina Ped`i·cel·li"na noun [ New Latin See
Pedicel .]
(Zoology) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta .
Pedicle Ped"i·cle noun [ Latin
pediculus a little foot, dim. of
pes foot: confer French
pédicule . See
edal , and confer
Pedicel .]
Same as Pedicel .
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