peacock (pekok)

[ A bird of the genus Pavo, specifically the male, of which the female is a peahen and the young a pea- chick. See peafowl. The pokok with his aungelis federys bryghte. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 356. Men bryngen grete Tables of Gold, and there on ben Pecokes of Gold, and many other maner of dyverse foules, alle of Gold. IMG:content-2505.jpg:[blocks in formation] And there they placed a peacock in his pride , Before the damsel. Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. Peacock-eye marble, an Italian marble of mingled white, red color, presenting in marking fanciful resemblance to the eyes of peacocks feathers. Peacock ore. See erubescite .