PEA
ADJECTIVES
► BAINED of peas and beans: burst, split → 1440 obs.
NOUNS
► BALE OF HAY a dish of peas, string beans, and potatoes mixed together → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK VICTUAL peas and beans → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BULLETS peas → 1929 sl.
► FALKIRK RAISINS a cant name for green peas → c1840 Sc. obs.
► FAUP a pod of peas or beans, full or shelled → 1866 Sc. obs.
► HAM a pea pod → 1930 Amer. dial.
► PEA-HULL the shell or empty pod of a pea → 1854 Eng. dial.
► PEASCOD ► PEASE-COD a pea-pod;, esp. one with the peas still in it → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PEELING the shell or hull of a nut; the pod of a legume → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RATHE-RIPES early fruit and vegetables, esp. peas and apples → 1677 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SHUCK the pod of a bean or pea → c1960 Amer. dial.
► SKIPPING JENNY rice and peas cooked together → 1952 Amer. dial.
► VIRGINIA CAVIAR a nickname for beans or peas → 1968 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PEAMEY ► PEAMY a seller of peas; a pea merchant → 1820 sl.
VERBS
► FAUP to shell peas → 1866 Sc. obs.