Defn: See Pirogue.
PERONATE Per"o*nate, a. Etym: [L. peronatus roughpero, -onis, a kind of rough boot.] (Bot.)
Defn: A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery. Henslow.
PERONEAL
Per`o*ne"al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.
PERORATE
Per"o*rate, v. i. Etym: [See Peroration.]
Defn: To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]
PERORATION
Per`o*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. peroratio, fr. perorate, peroratum, to
speak from beginning to end; per + orate to speak. See Per-, and
Oration.] (Rhet.)
Defn: The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. Burke.
PEROXIDATION
Per*ox`i*da"tion, n.