meta peps is (meta peps is)

[NL., Gr. μετά, beyond, + πέψις, a cooking (boiling), One kind of Metamorphism is Regional, or extends over large areas. The rocks affected by it seem to have been under the influence of intensely heated water or steam, which, as it were, stewed them, from which the action may be called meta peps is . G. H. Kinahan , Geol. of Ireland, p. 175. metaph. An abbreviation of metaphysics. metaphery (me-taf'e-ri), n. [ metaphor