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pease pudding(dictionary)
Pease Bay Beach(tourism)

pease (iou)



pease noun. .
[Old English pise, pl. pisan from late Latin pisa, pl. pisae, for earlier pisum, pl. pisa, from Greek pison, pl. pisa. See also PEA noun1.]
= PEA noun1 1, 2. OE.
A thing of very small value or importance. LME-L16.
In pl. The eggs of certain fishes. Cf. PEA noun1 4. Only in LME.
Comb.: pease-brose Scot. a dish made of pease-meal mixed with boiling water; pease-meal: made from dried split peas; pease pudding a dish of dried split peas boiled to a pulp.