Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pastoral crook or hook.
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Examples
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Between 1228 and 1235, this vague statement was qualified by specific guidelines. 8 The walls of the buildings were to measure no more than 12 feet (pedum) high and with balcony, garret, or second story, no more than 20.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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“Clino-pedalis, ad venerem invalidus, ab ea antiqua opinione, frigiditatem pedum concubituris admondum officere.”
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Vel si forte vestimentum de industria elevetur, ut pedum ac tibiarum pars aliqua conspiciatur, dum templum aut locum aliquem adierit.
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Daturam herbam vocat et describit, tam proclives sunt ad venerem mulieres ut viros inebrient per 24 horas, liquore quodam, ut nihil videant, recordentur at dormiant, et post lotionem pedum, ad se restituunt,
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Et ille, vidi a dextris meis puerum deosculantem vulnera manum mearum, et pedum et dicentem mihi, tu frater meus es dilectus. back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Manus ad cubitum nuda, coram astans, fortius intuita, tenuem de pectore spiritum ducens, digitum meum pressit, et bibens pedem pressit; mutuae compressiones corporum, labiorum commixtiones, pedum connexiones, &c.
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Sunt autem crocodili speciales serpentes, coloris virgulati de croceo et nigro, cum quatuor cruribus, et tibijs et latis pedum vngulis.
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Item à Nazareth ad leucæ dimidum, monstrantur in rupe vestigia pedum, quæ dicuntur esse Domini nostri Iesu Christi vbi de manibus
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Et est in hac Insula quoddam mare mortuum, velut lacus foetidus, cuius in plerísque locis fundus, humano ingenio non valet attingi: miræ magnitudinis arundines crescunt super hunc lacum, in altitudine cedrorum aut abietum pedum ducentorum, ita vt viginti socij mecum nequiuimus vnius caput iacentis arundinis subleuare de terra.
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Ego enim mensuraui semel latitudinem inter vestigia rotarum vnius bigæ viginti pedum: et quando domus erat super bigam excedebat extra rotas in vtroque latere quinque pedibus ad minus.
ruzuzu commented on the word pedum
I like the tags for this word.
May 31, 2011
mollusque commented on the word pedum
When capitalized, a genus of bivalves that lives embedded in coral.
June 1, 2011
reesetee commented on the word pedum
That is one good-looking Pedum.
That just didn't sound right.
June 2, 2011
blafferty commented on the word pedum
...
There are no tags.
June 2, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word pedum
No tags, blafferty? Huh. On my computer, I see three tags ("ecclesiastical", "latin", and "sheep").
June 4, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word pedum
Given the name of the genus, I imagine that these bivalves evolved specifically to provide percussive rimshots whenever someone tells a lousy joke.
Let's test it out!
"Man, when I found out I was the only one who could see the tags on 'pedum', I sure felt sheepish!!!"
*pedum-tshhh*
June 4, 2011
sionnach commented on the word pedum
Hint to blafferty - try looking at the definition page. It may be effortful, but I'm sure you can manage it, by hook or by crook.
*pedum-tshhh
June 4, 2011
blafferty commented on the word pedum
That's weird, I could swear when I posted that there were none!
Nice drumroll, by the way.
June 4, 2011