Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention. / Kept or treated as a pet.

A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.

Abbreviation of petition.

(Ireland, Tyneside) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.

Of or pertaining to the color peach. / Particularly pleasing or agreeable.

(intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer. / (transitive, obsolete) To inform against.

(mineralogy, obsolete, Cornwall) A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite.

The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.

To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.