peinctt

An obsolete form of paint. peinelt, n. and v. An obsolete form of pain. peine (pan), n. [F., punishment, penalty, pain: see pain1.] A punishment more commonly called peine forte et dure. See below. A case of peine occurred as lately as 1726. At times tying the thumbs with whipcord was used instead of the peine. Encyc. Brit ., XXIII. 465. Peine forte et dure [F., Was inflicted by putting great weights on the prostate body of the prisoner, until he pleaded or died, and was commonly known as pre ing to death . peintt, v. An obsolete form of paint . peirameter (pi-ram'e-tèr), n. [ πειρᾶν , attempt, make trial or proof of, + μέτρον, measure.] An instrument for ascertaining the degree of resistance which the surfaces of different kinds of roads offer to wheeled carriages, etc., pa ing over them. Also pir a meter. peirastic (pi-ras'tik), a. [ logues of Plato. Peirce's criterion. See criterion.