Found 2 items, similar to peag.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peag
peag
n : small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and
fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn:
wampum,
wampumpeag]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peag
Peag
\Peag\, n. [Written also
peage,
peak,
peeke.] [Prob.
of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag.
--RHUD.]
A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic
coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to
polished white cylindrical beads. See also
wampum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]