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Webster 1913 Edition

(pēm)

Noun.

[L.

pegma

a movable stage, Gr.

πῆγμα

, orig., a framework.]

A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Noun.

pem.

[Gr.] A sort of moving machine in the old pageants.

pegm

(obsolete) A sort of moving machine employed in the old pageants.
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