pease noun. [pi:z] Now arch. & dial. exc. in comb. below. Pl. same; -sen, -son, [-z(ǝ)n].
[Old English pise, pl. pisan from late Latin pisa, pl. pisae, for earlier pisum, pl. pisa, from Greek pison, pl. pisa. See also PEA noun¹.]
1. = PEA noun¹ 1, 2. OE.

2. A thing of very small value or importance. LME-L16.

3. In pl. The eggs of certain fishes. Cf. PEA noun¹ 4. Only in LME.

Comb.:
pease-brose Scot. a dish made of pease-meal mixed with boiling water; pease-meal: made from dried split peas; pease pudding a dish of dried split peas boiled to a pulp.

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