pégase, n.m., Pegasus.
pègle, n.f., pitch (from wood).
pègre, n.m., thief. n.f., light-fingered gentry.
*peignage, n.m., combing, wool-combing.
*peigne, n.m., comb; (paint.) graining-tool. — fin; small-tooth comb. — à démêler; large-tooth comb. Être sale comme un —; to be as dirty as you like.
*peigné, -e, part., combed; (fig.) elaborate, labored. Un jardin bien —; a well-kept garden. Un mal — or un malpeigné; a dirty, slovenly, ill-dressed fellow.
peignée, n.f., cardful (of wool).
*peigner, v.a., to comb, to card; (pop.) to beat, to drub; to polish (style).
se peigner, v.r., to comb one’s self; (pop.) to beat one another.
peignerie, n.f., comb manufactory; comb-trade.