Pedagog noun Pedagogue.

Pedagogic noun [ From Pedagogic , adjective ; confer German pedagogik .] See Pedagogics .

Pedagogic, Pedagogical adjective [ Greek ...: confer French pédagogique . See Pedagogue .] Of or pertaining to a pedagogue; suited to, or characteristic of, a pedagogue.

Pedagogics noun The science or art of teaching; the principles and rules of teaching; pedagogy.

Pedagogism noun [ Confer French pédagogisme .] The system, occupation, character, or manner of pedagogues. Milton.

Avocation of pedantry and pedagogism .

De Foe.

Pedagogue noun [ French pédagogue , Latin paedagogus , Greek ...; pai^s , paido`s , a boy + ... to lead, guide; confer ... leading. See Page a servant, Agent .]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

2. A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.

3. One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. Goldsmith.

Pedagogue transitive verb [ Confer Latin paedagogare to instruct.] To play the pedagogue toward. [ Obsolete] Prior.

Pedagogy noun [ Greek ...: confer French pédagogie .] Pedagogics; pedagogism. South.

Pedal 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 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 adjective Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [ R.] Maunder.

Pedality noun The act of measuring by paces. [ R.] Ash.

Pedaneous adjective [ Latin pedaneus of the size of a foot.] Going on foot; pedestrian. [ R.]

Pedant 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 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 adverb In a pedantic manner.

Pedanticly adverb Pedantically. [ R.]

Pedantism noun The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [ Obsolete]

Pedantize intransitive verb [ Confer French pédantiser .] To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [ R.]

Pedantocracy noun [ Pedant + demo cracy .] The sway of pedants. [ R.] J. S. Mill.

Pedantry 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 noun An assembly or clique of pedants. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Pedarian 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 noun ; plural Pedaries . [ Latin pedarius of the foot.] A sandal. [ Obsolete] Latimer.

Pedata noun plural [ New Latin See Pedate .] (Zoology) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.

Pedate 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 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 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 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 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 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 adjective
1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.

2. Petty; insignificant. "The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." Burke.

Pederast noun [ Greek paiderasth`s ; pai^s , paido`s , a boy + 'era^n to love: confer French pédéraste .] One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

Pederastic adjective [ Greek paiderastiko`s .] Of or pertaining to pederasty.

Pederasty noun [ Greek paiderasti`a : confer French pédérastie .] The crime against nature; sodomy.

Pederero 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 noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a leaping.] Same as Brownian movement , under Brownian .

Pedestal 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 adjective Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne.

Pedestaled haply in a palace court.

Keats.

Pedestrial 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 adverb In a pedestrial manner.

Pedestrian adjective Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

Pedestrian noun A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.

Pedestrianism noun The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.

Pedestrianize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pedestrianized ; present participle & verbal noun Pedestrianizing .] To practice walking; to travel on foot.

Pedestrious adjective Going on foot; not winged. [ Obsolete] " Pedestrious animals." Sir T. Browne.

Pedetentous 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- [ See Foot .] Combining forms from Latin pes , pedis , foot, as pedi palp, pedi reme, pedo meter.

Pedial adjective Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal. Dana.

Pediatric (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.]