disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
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obscene terms for penis
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Peter \Pet"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Petered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petering}.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.]
Peter \Pe"ter\, n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
{Peter boat}, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers.
{Peter Funk}, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.]
{Peter pence}, or {Peter's pence}. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also {Rome scot}, and {hearth money}. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope.
{Peter's fish} (Zo["o]l.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
He'll get high marks for having been on watch when the cold war began to peter out.
They believe the protests ultimately will peter out because the protesters don't have clear goals or the staying power.
At stake, the project's supporters believe, is whether downtown Cleveland re-emerges as an economic power or whether its incipient recovery will peter out.
There are signs that the pace of retail sales could peter out.
One sign it may soon peter out, he says, is that "we've run through this 30-point range (near 2900 on the Dow industrials) two or three times." The sharp upward slope of stock prices is paradoxically a sign of weakness, in Mr. Arms's view.
Trading began to peter out around three weeks ago as banks moved to settle all their outstanding trades before the August 7 cut-off point. In its place, a market in the yet-to-be issued bonds has already opened - as it has with Brazilian debt.
Profits will be sustained over the next two years as the torrent of earn-out payments peter out.
On Thursday, the region was mostly firmer, but in Bombay, brokers boycotted trading to protest against a rise in registration fees. SEOUL saw early buying peter out.