(piac)

, g. péice and péic, pl. péiceacha and péaca, f., a long pointed instrument; the sprouting germ of a vegetable; a long tail; i ndeireadh na péice, at long last, in extremis (Con. and U.); cf. i ndeireadh na scríbe.

, -aighe, a., beautiful, neat, showy, gaudy; long-tailed; proud, haughty; also sharp-pointed; spotted.

, -aighe, a., having a long tail.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the sprout of a vegetable; a shoot; péacán buidhe, m., a primrose, a cowslip.

, -óige, -óga, f., a peacock, a pea-hen.

, -óra, -óiridhe m., one who plays tricks (Kilk.).

, g. id., pl. -laidhe, m., a pearl; fig., a fair lady.

, -aighe, a., like pearls; valuable, beautiful.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a fair child (O'N.).

See <<péirse>>.

, -úir, pl. id., m., an aggressive, quarrelsome person; péasúirín, id. (N. Con.).

, same as féadfaidhe, d'fhéadfaidhe, perhaps (Om.).

, -air, m., pewter; chómh tanaidhe le péatar (C. Wal.).

, -aighe, a., having a long tail.

, m., the penis (O'N.).

, m., a penal law.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, f., a pine.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a pair, a couple, a brace; a set (four), as of knitting needles, horse-shoes, etc. (feidhre, generally in M. sp. l.); péire dealgán (Don.), feidhre biorán cniotála (M.), a set of knitting needles.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, f., a row, a rank, a perch in length; the fish called perch.

, -e, pl. id., f., a beast, a reptile, a worm, a sea-monster; uill-phéist, or oillphiast, a monster; péist an dá-shúil-déag, the river lamprey; péist na scadán, the grampus. See piast.

, -mhla, a., beastly, brutish, worm-like.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a low, creeping, worm-like fellow.

, -oige, -oga, f., a little worm; a worm; used as a term of abuse (U.).

, -aighe, a., wormy, maggoty.

, -oige, -oga, f., a peach.