pee (pe)

[Cf. peal.] The point of the arm under Eurytoma and mud - dauber. Anterior peduncle of an anchor, intended to penetrate the ground; of the thalamus, a bundle of fibers coming frontal lobe through the anterior part of the internal the bill. capsule to the thalamus. - Inferior peduncle of the peeblet, n. An obsolete form of pebble. thalamus, a bundle of fibers coming from the temporal peecet, n. An obsolete spelling of piece. lobe, pa ing under the lenticular nucleus, po ibly reënforced by fibers from the globus pallid us, and terminating peek1 (pēk), n. An obsolete or nautical spell in the thalamus. - Internal peduncle of the thalamus, ing of peak1. that part of the inferior peduncle which terminates in peek2 (pēk), v. i. [Early mod. E. also peak, the stratum zonale of the thalamus. - Olivary, optic, peke; etc., peduncle. See the adjectives. - Peduncle of the pineal body or gland, a narrow white band on either side extending forward and outward from the base of the pineal body, along the ridge-like junction of the upper and mesial surfaces of the thalamus. Also called medul lary stria of the pineal body, or habenula (or habena ) pine alis. Peduncles of the cerebellum, three pairs stout bundles of nerve-fibers which connect the cerebellum with the other chief divisions of the brain. They are distinguished by their position as the superior, middle, and inferior peduncles or crura. The superior pair emerge from the mesial part of the medullary substance of the hemispheres, and run forward and upward to reach the nuclei tegmenti of the opposite sides, after decu ation under the formatio reticular is. (Also called crura ad cor por a quadrigemina, crura ad cerebrum, proce us cerebelli ad cerebrum, proce us e cerebello ad testes, brachia conjunc tiva, and brachia conjunct or i a.) The middle pair form the ventral transverse fibers of the pons, emerging from the lateral part of the white substance of the hemispheres. (Also called crura or proce us ad pontem.) The inferior pair are the restiform bodies of the oblong at a, which enter the hemispheres between the middle and superior peduncles, var. of peep2.] To peep; look pryingly. peek3 (pēk), n. [Cf. peck1, woodpecker.] A woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] - Green peek, the green woodpecker, Gecinus virid is. peek-a-boo (pēk'a-bö), n. Same as bo - pсер. peekee, piki (pēkē), n. [Amer. Ind.] Cakes of Indian meal, very thin, and baked on hot stones, among the Indians of the southwestern United States.