Bible Dictionaries
Peter

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; - used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.

(2):

(n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Peter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/peter.html. 1828.