1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. at Jigging In the Lead Mines, the Jigged Ore goes by the name of Peasy.

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 375 This washed-ore, or Peasy, is carried to the Peasy-heap in the Ore-Coe.

1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. Peasy, a Mineral term, being a lesser assortment of Ore, that may by the hand be poised, so as to determine its weight and value as to dressing by the hand. Bing and peasy ore, a round lump or piece of Ore.

1896 C. E. Hall Hathersage vii. 54 There were other things to work and strive for than the paltry pittance earned by beating ore with a bucker, or making peasy in a sieve, over a vat full of gritty water.

1961 Peak District Mines Hist. Soc. Bull. Oct. 6 He..saw several women sitting on a heap of smitham which he knew had previously been dressed as bing and peasy.

1760 in J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms (1998) 118/1 The Dirt and base Minerals are separated from the Ore—which remains when so dressed is called Peazey Ore.

1794 J. Anderson Agric. Aberdeen 28 Pacey whin. A name for granite or some other stone in Aberdeenshire.

1812 D. Souter Gen. View Agric. Banff 57 A granite, called peasywhin, is found in large blocks near the surface of the moors.

1832 A. Beattie Poems 136 The gudeman stared,—amaist grew blin'—Stood like a rock o' paizy whin.

1929 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 28 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. (1983) 4 at Pease The granite industry has for long been a staple one in Aberdeenshire. The dialect name for granite in those days was ‘pacey whin’.

1991 Internat. Trade Forum (Nexis) July 16 Major off-flavours [of coffee beans] that cause ‘fluorescence’ under UV light are: over fermented, ‘foul’ (i.e. rotten taste) ‘peasy’ (i.e. very green unpleasant taste) or ‘erbsig’ (‘potato’ flavour).

1829 New Sc. Haggis (ed. 2) 135 We leive in they gude mailen o' Kellochsyde, suppan thy gude peisie kale.

?1882 Jethart Worthies (ed. 3) 37 Scone or peasy fadge.

1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago iv. 157 Ye can get naething tae eat but ‘peysie-bannies’, a kin' o' compoun' o' pea-meal..and barley flooer, made inta big bannocks aboot twa inch thick.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 230 Peasy, made of peas-meal.

1983 Punch 21 Sept. 33/1 Putting them on a train from London is peasy as of course trains start from there.

1989 Blue Jeans 21 Oct. 3/2 To win one, just answer this fairly peasy ‘teaser’.

1999 Empire Nov. 98/4 It was made for next to nothing. Down some woods... Peasy.

2004 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Jan. 13 I fancy world darts champion myself. Fifty grand—and it looks so peasy.