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Webster 1913 Edition

Pean

Pean

(pēn)
,
Noun.
[OF.
pene
, F.
panne
.]
(Her.)
One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

Pe′an

(pē′an)
,
Noun.
A song of praise and triumph. See
Pæan
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pean

PE'AN

,
Noun.
Among the ancients, a song of rejoicing in honor of Apollo; hence, a song of triumph.
1.
In ancient poetry, a foot of four syllables; written also paeon. Of this there are four kinds; the first consisting of one long and three short syllables, or a trochee and a pyrrhic, as temporibus; the second of a short syllable, a long and two short, or an iambus and a pyrrhic, as potentia; the third of two short syllables, a long and a short one, or a phrrhic and a trochee, as animatus; the fourth of three short syllables and along one, or a pyrrhic and iambus, as celeritus.

Definition 2024

pean

pean

See also: péan and peán

English

Noun

pean ‎(plural peans)

  1. (heraldry) A heraldic fur of yellow spots on a black field.
  2. Alternative spelling of paean
  3. Alternative spelling of peen

Verb

pean ‎(third-person singular simple present peans, present participle peaning, simple past and past participle peaned)

  1. Alternative spelling of peen

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

pean

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of peer.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of peer.
  3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of peer.

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