Thesaurus: peag
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
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Definitions
- n. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
- A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads.
- A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlanticcoast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polishedwhite cylindrical beads.