paysan (pè-i-zan), n.m., -ne (-za-n), n.f., countryman; countrywoman; peasant, rustic.

paysannerie (pè-i-za-n-rî), n.f., rusticity, country manners.

payse, n.f., (pop.) fellow countrywoman.

péage, n.m., toll, due; toll-house.

péager, n.m., toll-gatherer.

peau, n.f., skin, hide, fell, peel; rind, pelt, fur; (fig., fam.) person. — d’oignons; onion-peel. — de fruit; skin of fruit. Oter la —; to peel. Contes de — d’âne; nursery tales, fairy tales. Être dans la — de quelqu’un; to be in any one’s shoes. Il ne faut pas vendre la — de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué; do not count your chickens before they are hatched. — de soie; Japanese silk.

peausserie (pô-srî), n.f., peltry; skinner’s trade.

peaussier (pô-sié), n.m., skinner, skin-dresser.

peaussier, adj., (anat.) cutaneous (muscle).

pébrine, n.f., disease (in silk-worms).