n. [ Written also peage, peak, peeke. ] [ Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag. RHUD. ] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(n) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency, Syn. wampumpeag, peag