To PAAK, v. a. To beat.
V. Paik.

PAAL, s. A post, S. B.

A. S. pal, Su. G. paale.

PAB, s. The refuse of flax, Loth. pob, S. B.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

PACE, s.
1. The weight of a clock, S.
2. Used metaphorically.
Rutherford.

PACK, adj. Intimate, S.
Burns.

Su. G. pack-a, constringere.

PACKALD, s. A pack.
Rutherford.

Belg. pakkaadie, luggage.

PACKHOUSE, s. A warehouse for receiving goods, S.

Teut. packhuys, id.

PACKMAN, s. A pedlar, one who carries his pack, S.

PACT, s. To spend the pact, to waste one's substance; to perish the pact, S.
Maitland Poems.

PADDLE, s. The Lump fish, Orkn.

PADDOCK-HAIR, s.
1. The down that covers unfledged birds, S.
2. The down on the heads of children born without hair, S.

Teut. padden-hayr, lanugo.

PADDOCK-PIPES, s. pl. Marsh horse-tail, S.
Lightfoot.

PADDOCK-RUDE, s. The spawn of frogs, S. also paddock-ride.
Ramsay.

PADDOCK-STOOL, s. The Agaricus in general; especially the varieties of the Agaricus fimetarius, S.

Teut. padden-stoel, fungus.

PADE, s.
1. A toad.
Sir Gawan.
2. Apparently a frog.
Wyntown.

A. S. pade, Germ. Belg. padde, id.

PADELL, s. Expl. "a small leathern bag."
Bannatyne Poems.

Teut. buydel, bulga.

PADYANE, PADGEAN, s. A pageant.
Dunbar.

PAFFLE, s. A small possession in land, Perths.

Isl. paufe, angulus.

Stat. Acc.

Paffler, s. One who occupies a small farm, Perths.
Statist. Acc.

PAGE, s. A boy.
Wyntown.

To PAY, v. a. To satisfy.
Wallace.

Fr. pay-er, Teut. pay-en, id.

Pay, s. Satisfaction.
Priests Peblis.

Pay, s. Drubbing, S. pays.
Barbour.

C. B. puyo, verbero.

PAY. Perh. region.
Gawan and Gol.

Fr. pais, id.

PAID, s.
1. A path, S. B.
Ross.

Alem. paid, via.

2. A steep ascent.
V. Peth.

To PAIK, v. a. To beat, to drub, S. paak, S. B.

Germ. pauk-en, to beat.

Baillie.

Paik, Paick, s. A stroke; in pl. paiks, a drubbing, S.

Isl. pak, Su. G. paak, fustis, baculus.

Paikie, s. A piece of doubled skin, used for defending the thighs from the stroke of the Flauchterspade, by those who cast turfs or divots, Mearns.

PAIK, s. A trick.
Leg. St Androis.

A. S. paec-an, decipere.

PAIKER, s. Calsay paiker, a street-walker.
Lyndsay.

PAIKIE, s. A female street-walker, S.

Isl. piaeck-ur, a vagabond; troll-packa, a witch.

Paikit-like, adj. Having the appearance of a trull, S.

PAILES, Leslaei Hist.
V. Pele.

PAILIN, PAILING, s. A fence made of stakes, S.

Lat. pal-us, a stake.

PAILYOWN, PALLIOUN, s. A pavilion.
Barbour.

Gael. Ir. pailliun, Fr. pavillon.

PAYMENT, s. Drubbing, S.
Barbour.

PAINCHES, s. pl. Tripe, S.
V. Penche.

To PAYNE, PANE, v. n. To be at pains.
Wyntown.

Fr. se pein-er, to trouble one's self.

PAYNE, adj. Pagan.

Fr. payen.

Doug.

PAYNTIT. L. paytent, patent.
Bannatyne P.

PAIP, s. Thistledown?
Montgomerie.

Fr. pappe, id.; or q. papingay, q. v.

PAIP, s. A cherry-stone picked clean, and used in a game of children, S.

E. pip; Fr. pepin, the seed of fruit.

To PAIR, v. a.
V. Pare.

PAIRTLES, adj. Free from.
Henrysone.

PAIS, s. pl. Retribution.
Bannatyne P.

To PAIS, PASE, v. a.
1. To poise.
Douglas.
2. To lift up.
Chr. Kirk.

Fr. pes-er, Ital. pes-are, to weigh.

Paisses, s. pl. The weights of a clock, S.
V. Pace.
Z. Boyd.

PAYS, PAS, PASE, PASCE, PASK, PASCH, s. Easter; pron. as pace, S. B. elsewhere as peace.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. pascha, A. S. pasche, &c. id.

Pascheewyn, s. The evening preceding Easter.
Barbour.

Pays-eggs, Eggs dyed of various colours, given to children to amuse themselves with at the time of Easter, S.

Dan. paaske-egg, coloured eggs; Belg. pasch-eyeren, ova paschalia.

Patsyad, s. A contemptuous term for a female who has nothing new to appear in at Easter; originating from the custom which prevails among Episcopalians, of having a new dress for this festival, S. B.

From Pays, and perh. yad, an old mare.

PAITHMENT, s. The pastures.
Wallace.

O. Fr. padou-ir, L. B. padu-ire, to pasture; whence padouen and paduentum, pasture.

PAITLATTIS, s. pl. Uncertain.
Dunbar.

PALAD, s.
V. Pallat.

PALAVER, s. Idle talk, S.

Hisp. palabra, Fr. palabre, a word.

To Palaver, v. n. To use a great many unnecessary words, S.

To PALE, v. a. To make an incision in a cheese, S.
Ramsay.

Flandr. poel-en, excavare.

Pale, s. The instrument used for trying the quality of a cheese, S.

PALYARD, s. A lecher, a rascal.

Fr. paillard, id.

Lyndsay.

Palyardry, s. Whoredom.
Douglas.

PALL, PEAL, s. Any rich or fine cloth.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. pell, textum pretiosum; O. Fr. paile, sericum.

PALLACH, PALLACK, s.
1. A porpoise, S.
Sibbald.
2. A lusty person, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

PALLALL, PALLALLS, s. A game of children, in which they hop on one foot through different triangular spaces chalked out, driving a bit of slate or broken crokery before them, S.; in E. Scotch-hop.

PALLAT, PALAD, s. The crown of the head, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. palet, sorte d'armure de tÊte; Roquef.

PALLET, s. A ball.

Fr. pelotte, id.

Burel.

PALLET, s. A sheep's skin not dressed, S. B.

E. pelt, Su. G. palt, a garment.

PALM-SONDAY, s. The sixth Sabbath in Lent, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. palm sunnan daeg.

PALM, PALME, s. The index of a clock or watch, S.
Z. Boyd.

Fr. paulme, or E. palm, used as hand, S. to denote the index of any time-piece.

PALTRIE, s. Trash.
V. Peltrie.

PALWERK, s. Spangled work.

Fr. paille, id.

Sir Gawan.

PAMPHIL, s.
1. A square inclosure made with stakes, Aberd.
V. Paffle.
2. Any small house, ibid.

To PAN, v. n. To correspond, to tally, to unite; A. Bor. id. from pan, a cross-beam in the roof of a house, closing with the wall.
Maitland P.

PAN, s. A hard impenetrable crust below the soil, S.; till, ratchel, synon.
Statist. Acc.

Teut. panne, calva, q. the skull of the soil.

PANASH, s. A plume worn in the hat.

Fr. panache, id.

Colvil.

To PANCE, PANSE, PENSE, v. n. To meditate.
Dunbar.

O. Fr. pans-er, id.

PAND, s. A pledge, Belg. Synon. wad.
Douglas.

To PANDER, v. n. Corr. from Pawmer, v. Perths.

PANDOOR, s. A large oyster, caught at the doors of the salt-pans, S.
Statist. Acc.

PANE, s. Stuff, cloth.
Houlate.

A. S. pan, lacinia, pannus.

PANE, s. Furr; Fr. panne, id.
Sir Tristrem.

To PANE, v. n.
V. Payne.

PANFRAY, s. A palfrey.
Burr. Lawes.

Fr. palefroi, id.

To PANG, v. a.
1. To throng, S.
Rams.
2. To cram, in general, S.
Ferguson.
3. To cram with food to satiety, S.
Ross.

Teut. bangh-en, premere.

Pang, adj. Crammed.
Evergreen.

PAN-KAIL, s. Broth made of coleworts hashed very small, thickened with a little oat-meal, S.

PANNEL, s. One brought to the bar of a court for trial, S.
Erskine.

E. panel, a schedule, containing the names of a jury.

PANS, s. pl. The timbers of a house, extending between the couples, parallel to the walls, S.

Su. G. tak-panna, shingles; paann, scandula, a lath, a shingle.

PANS, PANSE, covering for the knee.
Acts Ja. I.

PANST, part. pa. Cured.
Montgomerie.

Fr. pans-er, to apply medicines.

PANTENER, adj. Rascally.
Barbour.

O. Fr. pautonnier, a lewd, stubborn, or saucy knave, Cotgr.

PANTOUN, s. A slipper.
Dunbar.

PAP of the HASS, s. The uvula, S.

PAPE, PAIP, s. The Pope.
Wyntown.

Fr. Germ. pape, Lat. pap-a, id.

PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, PAPINGOE, s.
1. A parrot.
King's Quair.

Belg. papegaai, Fr. papegay, id.

2. A wooden bird, resembling a parrot, at which archers shoot as a mark, West of S.
3. Applied to the amusement itself, ibid.
Statist. Acc.

To PAPPLE, v. n.
1. To bubble up like water, S. B.
V. Pople.
2. To be in a state of violent perspiration, Lanerks.
3. Denoting the effect of heat on any fat substance toasted before the fire, Renfr.

PAPPANT, adj.
1. Wealthy, Ang.
2. Extremely careful of one's health, Banffs.
3. Pettish from indulgence, S. B.

PAR, s. The Samlet, S.
Smollet.

To PAR, v. n. To fail.
V. Pare.
Wallace.

PARAGE, s. Lineage, Fr.
Douglas.

PARAGON, s. A rich cloth imported from Turkey.
Watson.

Fr. parangon de Venise, id.

PARAMUDDLE, s. The red tripe of cattle, the atomasum, S. B.

To PARBREAK, v. n. To puke.
V. Braik, v. and Braking.
Z. Boyd.

To PARE, PAIR, PEYR, v. a. To impair.
Douglas.

Fr. pire, pejeur, worse; Lat. pejor.

PAREGALE, PARIGAL, adj. Completely equal.
Douglas.

Fr. par, used as a superl. and egal, equal.

To PARIFY, v. a. To compare.

Lat. par and fio.

Wyntown.

To PARIFY, v. a. To protect.
Wyntown.

PARITCH, PARRITCH, s. Porridge, hasty pudding, S.
Burns.

To PARK, v. n. To perch.
Douglas.

Fr. perch-er, id.

PARK, s. A wood; as, a fir park, S.

A. S. pearroc, Su. G. park, an inclosure.

PARK, s. A pole, a perch.
Douglas.

Fr. perche, id.

PARLE, s. Speech, S. O.
Burns.

Fr. parler, id.

PARLOUR, s. Discourse.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. parleure, id.

PAROCHIN, s. Parish, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Lat. paroecia, id.

Parochiner, s. A parishioner.
Acts Ja. VI.

PARPANE, PERPEN, s. A wall in general, or a partition.
Henrysone.

O. Fr. parpaigne, a stone which traverses the wall.

PARROK, s. A small inclosure, Dumfr.

A. S. pearroc, septum, clathrum.

PARROT-COAL, s. A species of coal that burns very clearly. S.
Statist. Acc.

PARSEMENTIS, s. pl. Perh. for partiments, compartments.
Douglas.

PARSENERE, s. A partner.
Wyntown.

Fr. parsonnier, id.

PARTAN, s. Common sea crab, S.

Gael.

Complaynt S.

To PARTY, v. a. To take part with.
Godscroft.

PARTY, s. Part, degree.
Barbour.

Fr. partie, id.

PARTY, PARTIE, s. An opponent.

Fr. parti, id.

Douglas.

PARTY, PARTIE, adj. Variegated.
Douglas.

PARTICATE, s. A rood of land.

L. B. particata, id.

Statist. Acc.

PARTYMENT, s. Division.
Douglas.

Pr. partiment, a parting.

PARTISMAN, s. A partaker.
Ruddiman.

PARTLES, adj. Having no part.
Wynt.

PARTRIK, PAIRTRICK, PERTREK, s. A partridge, S.
Douglas.

Fr. perdrix, id.

PARURE, s. Ornament, Fr.
Wyntown.

PAS, PASE, s. Easter
V. Pays.

PAS, s.
1. Division of a book.
Wyntown.
2. A single passage.
Crosraguel.

L. B. pass-us, locus.

To PASE, v. a. To poise.
V. Pais.

PASH, s. The head, a ludicrous term, S.
Watson.

PASMENTS, s. pl.
1. Strips of lace or silk sewed on clothes.
2. Now used to denote livery; pron. pessments, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
3. External decorations of religion.
Rutherford.

Teut. Fr. passement, lace.

To Pasment, v. a. To deck with lace.
Z. Boyd.

PASSINGEOURE, s. A passage boat.
Douglas.

O. Fr. passageur, L. B. passagerius, a ferryman.

To PASSIVERE, v. a. To exceed, W. Loth.

PASTANCE, s. Pastime.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. passetemps, id.

PASUOLAN, s. A small species of artillery; Fr. passevolant.
Complaynt S.

PAT, pret. of the v. Put.
Burel.

PATH, s.
V. Peth.

PATHIT, part. pa. Paved.
Douglas.

Teut. pad, semita, via trita.

PATIENT of DEATH, s. A throe.

Perhaps corr. from passion, suffering.

To PATIFIE, v. a. To manifest, Lat. patefio.
Bruce.

PATRELL, s.
1. Defence for the neck of a war-horse; Fr. poitral.
Douglas.
2. The breast-leather of a horse, S.
Ruddiman.

PATRON, s. A pattern, Fr.
Wallace.

To PATTER, v. a. To repeat in a muttering way without interruption, S.
Dunbar.

Arm. pater-en, to repeat the Lord's prayer.

Patterar, s. One who repeats prayers.
Douglas.

Pattering, s. Vain repetition.
Lyndsay.

PATTLE, PETTLE, s. A stick with which the ploughman clears away the earth that adheres to the plough, S.

E. paddle, C. B. pattal.

Burns.

To PAUCE, v. n. To prance with rage, S. B.

Fr. pas, E. pace.

PAUCHTIE, adj.
1. Haughty, S.
Maitland Poems.
2. Petulant, malapert, S.
Ramsay.

Belg. pochg-en, to vaunt.

PAVEN, PAUUAN, s. A grave Spanish dance, in which the dancers turned round one after another, as peacocks do with their tails.
Lyndsay.

Fr. pavane, id., from paon, a peacock.

PAVIE, PAW, s.
1. Lively motion of whatever kind, S.
2. The agile exertions of a rope-dancer.
Birrel.
3. A fantastic air, S.
Cleland.
4. Transferred to rage, S.

Fr. pas vif, a quick step.

PAUIS, PAVIS, s.
1. A large shield.

L. B. pavas-ium, id.

Douglas.
2. A testudo, used in sieges.
Douglas.

Fr. pavois, id.

PAUK, s. Art, a wile, S.
Douglas.

Pauky, Pawky, adj.
1. Sly, artful, S.
Callander.

A. S. paec-an, decipere, mentiri; paeca, deceptor.

2. Wanton, applied to the eye, Ang.

To PAUT, v. n. To paw, S.
Cleland.

Paut, s. A stroke on the ground with the foot. S.
Kelly.

Teut. pad, patte, the paw of a beast.

PAW, s. Quick motion.
V. Pavie.

PAWIS, s. pl. Parts in music.
Bannatyne Poems.

PAWN, s. A narrow curtain fixed to the roof, or to the lower part of a bed, S.

Belg. pand, a lappit, a skirt.

PAWN, PAWNE, PAWNIE, s. The peacock.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. paon, Lat. pavo, onis.

PAWNS, s. pl. The same with Pans, q. v. Ang.

PAWMER, s. A palm tree; Fr. palmier.
Wallace.

PAWMER, s. One who goes from place to place, making a shabby appearance, S.

From Palmer, a pilgrim.

To Pawmer, v. n. To go from place to place in an idle way, S.

PAWMIE, PANDIE, s. A stroke on the hand with the ferula, S.

Fr. paumÉe, a stroke or blow with the hand; Cotgr.

To PEAK, PEEK, v. n.
1. To speak with a small voice, S.
2. To complain of poverty, S.

Isl. puk-ra, susurrare; puk-r, mussitatio.

PEAK, s. A triangular piece of linen, binding the hair below a child's cap or woman's toy, Ang.

PEARIE, s.
1. A pegtop, S. as resembling a pear.
2. A French pearie, a humming-top, S.

PEARLIN, PEARLING, s. A species of thread lace, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

PEAT-MOW, s. The dross of peats, S. B.
Journal Lond.

Su. G. mo, terra sabulosa.

PEATSTANE, s. The corner stone at the top of the wall of a house, S.

PECE, s. A vessel for holding liquids.

Fr. piece, id.

Douglas.

To PECH, PEACH, (gutt.) v. n. To puff, to pant, S.
Ramsay.

Sw. pick-a, Dan. pikk-er, to pant.

Pech, s. The act of breathing hard.
L. Scotland.

PECHAN, s. The stomach, Ayrs.
Burns.

PECHLE, s. (gutt.) A budget carried clandestinely, Loth.

Su. G. packa, sarcina. Germ. paeck-lin, fasciculus.

PEDDIR, PEDDER, s. A pedlar.
Douglas.

L. B. pedar-ius, nudis ambulans pedibus.

To PEEL, PEIL, v. a. To equal, to match, Loth, S. O.

Teut. peyl-en, to measure.

Peel, Peil, s. A match, Loth. S. O.
Hamilton.

PEEL, s. A pool, S. B.
Ross.

PEEL, s. A place of strength.
V. Pele.

PEELIE, adj. Thin, meagre, S.

Fr. pelÉ, q. peeled; or C. B. pelaid, weak, sickly.

To PEENGE, PINGE, v. n.
1. To complain, to whine, S.
Flemyng.
2. To pretend poverty, S.

Teut. pynigh-en, affligere.

To PEEP, v. n. To pule.
V. Pepe, s.

To PEER, v. a. To equal, S.
Burns.

Fr. pair, a match.

PEERIE, adj. Small, Ork. Shetl. Fife, E. Loth.

Peeriewirrie, adj. Very small, Orkn.

PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, s. A lapwing, S.
Statist. Acc.

From the sound; or allied to Sw. wipa, id.

To PEG off, or away, v. n. To go off quickly, Loth. Dumfr.

PEG, s. A stroke, Loth. Dumfr.

Isl. piack-a, frequenter pungo.

PEGIL, s. The dirty work of a house, Ang.

Isl. pijke, puella.

PEGRALL, PYGRALL, s. Paltry.
Lyndsay.

PEIL, s. A place of strength.
V. Pele.

To PEILE, PELE, v. a. To packe or peile fish.
Acts Ja. V.

Either to pile, or to pair.

V. Peel.

PEILD, adj. Bald.

Fr. pelÉ, id.

Gl. Sibb.

PEILOUR, s. A thief.
V. Pelour.

To PEYNE, v. a. To forge.
V. Pene.

To PEYR, v. a. To impair.
V. Pare.

PEIRS, adj. Sky-coloured.
Douglas.

O. Fr. pers, perse, caesius, glaucus.

To PEIS, PEISS, PESE, v. a. To silence.
Douglas.

O. Fr. faire pais, faire silence; from Lat. pax; Roquefort.

PEYSIE-WHIN, s. The E. Greenstone, Ang., peasie-whin, Loth.; from the resemblance of the spots in it to pease.

PELE, PEYLL, PEILL, PEEL, PAILE, s. A place of strength, a fortification, properly of earth.
Barbour.

L. B. pela, pelum, id.; A. S. pil, moles, acervus.

PELL, s. A lazy, lumpish person, S. B.

Teut. pelle, a husk.

PELLACK, PELLOCK, s. A porpoise.

Gael. pelog, id.

Brand.

PELLOCK, s. A bullet.
Gawan and Gol.

Fr. pelote; C. B. pel, id.

PELLOTIS, s. pl.
Leg. St Androis.

O. Fr. pelete, petite peau; Roquef.

PELLOUR, PEILOUR, s. A thief.
Dunbar.

Pillour, O. E. Fr. pilleur, a ravager.

PELT, s. A term of reproach; Foul pelt, q. foul skin.
Watson.

PELTIN-POCK, s. A pock or bag for guarding the thighs from the stroke given by the flauchter-spade, Ang.

PELTRY, PALTRIE, s. Vile trash, S.
Godly Sangs.

Su. G. paltor, old rags, Teut. palt, a fragment; or pelt, a skin.

PELURE, PILLOUR, s. Costly fur.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. pelure, peau; Roquef.

PENCH, PENCHE, s.
1. Belly.
Semple.
2. Penches, pl. the common name for tripe, S.

PEND, s.
1. An arch, S.
Minstr. Bord.
2. The arch of heaven.
Chron. S. P.

Lat. pend-ere; Fr. pend-re.

PENDE, s. A pendant.
Douglas.

PENDICE of a buckle, that which receives the one latchet, before the shoe be straitened by means of the other, S.

Pendle, s. The same.
Ruddiman.

Fr. pendille, that which hangs.

PENDICLE, s. A pendant.
Baillie.

L. B. pendiclum, id.

PENDICLE, s.
1. A small piece of ground, S.
Stat. Acc.
2. A church dependant on another.

L. B. pendicularis, capella.

Stat. Acc.

Pendicler, s. An inferior tenant, S.
Stat. Acc.

To PENE, PEYNE, POYNE, PYNE, v. a. To forge.
Douglas.

Su. G. paen-a, to extend, Isl. id. to strike with a hammer.

PENHEAD, s. The upper part of a mill-lead, where the water is carried off from the dam to the mill, S.
Law Case.

A. S. penn-an, includere.

PENKLE, s. A rag or fragment, Perths.

Lat. pannicul-us, id.

To PENNY, v. n. To fare, S. B.
Ross.

PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, s. A wedding at which the guests contribute money for their entertainment, S.
Acts Assembly.

PENNY-DOG, s. A dog that constantly follows his master, S.
Watson.

PENNY-MAILL, s.
1. Rent paid in money.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. A small sum paid to a proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment of superiority.
V. Mail.
Maitland P.

PENNYSTANE, PENNY-STONE, s. A flat stone used as a quoit. To play at the pennystane, to play with quoits of this kind, S.
Pennant.
A pennystane cast, the distance to which a stone-quoit may be thrown.
Barbour.

PENNYWHEEP, s. Small beer, Aberd.
V. Whip.
Gl. Shirr.

PENNY-WIDDIE, s.
V. Pin-the-Widdie.

PENNON, s. A small banner.
Barbour.

O. Fr. id. Alem. fanon, vexillum.

PENSEIL, PINSEL, s. A small streamer, borne in battle.
Barbour.

O. Fr. penoncel, pencel, a flag.

PENSY, PENSIE, adj.
1. Having a mixture of self-conceit and affectation in one's appearance, S.
Ramsay.
2. Spruce, S. B.
Popular Ball.

Fr. pensif, thinking of.

Pensylie, adv. In a self-important manner, S.
Ramsay.

PENTHLAND, PENTLAND, s. The middle part of Scotland, especially Lothian.
Bellenden.

Corr. from Pichtland, or Petland.

To PENTY, v. a. To fillip, S.
Ramsay.

Fr. pointer, blesser, porter des coupes; Dict. Trev.

Penty, Pentie, s. A fillip, S.

PEPE, PEEP, s.
1. The chirp of a bird, S.
King's Quair.
To play peep, to mutter, S.
2. The act of speaking with a shrill small voice, S.
Douglas.

Teut. piep-en, Su. G. pip-a, &c. id.

PEPPER-DULSE, s. Jagged fucus, S.
V. Dulse.
Lightfoot.

To PEPPIN, v. a. To cocker, Banffs. pettle, synon.
V. Pappant.

O. Fr. popine, a puppet.

To PER, v. n. To appear.
Wallace.

O. Fr. per-er, id.

PERANTER, adv. Peradventure.
Lyndsay.

To PERBREK, v. a. To shatter.
Doug.

Formed like Lat. perfractus.

PERCONNON, PERCUNNANCE, s. Condition, proviso, S. B.
Ross.

Fr. par, by, and convine, condition.

PERCUDO, s. Some kind of precious stone.
Burel.

PERDÉ, adv. Verily.
Douglas.

Fr. pardieu, per Deum.

PERDEWS, s. pl. The forlorn hope.

Fr. enfans perdus, id.

Melvil's Mem.

PERDURABIL, adv. Lasting.

Fr.

Complaynt S.

To PERE, v. a. To pour, S. B.
Douglas.

PERFAY, adv. Verily.
Douglas.

Fr. par foy, Lat. per fidem.

PERFITE, adj.
1. Perfect.
Pal. of Hon.
2. Applied to one who is exact in doing any work, S.

Perfytlie, adv. Perfectly.
Lyndsay.

Perfiteness, s. Exactness, S.
Ramsay.

To PERFURNIS, PERFURMEIS, v. a. To accomplish.
Douglas.

Fr. parfourn-ir, id.

PERJINK, adj.
1. Precise.
2. Trim, so as to appear finical, S.

Qu. parjoinct; Fr. par and joinct.

PERLASY, s. The palsy.
K. Hart.

Fr. paralysie, id.

PERLIE, s. The little finger, Loth. q. peerie, little, and lith, joint.

PERMUSTED, part. adj. Scented.
V. Muist.
Watson.

PERNICKITIE, adj.
1. Precise in trifles, S.
2. Very trim in dress, S.

Fr. par, and niquet a trifle.

PERONAL, s. A girl.
Maitland P.

O. Fr. perronnelle.

PERPEN, s. A partition.
V. Parpane.

PERQUER, PERQUEIR, PERQUIRE, adv.
1. Exactly, S.
Barbour.
2. Separate as to place.
Baillie.

Fr. par coeur; or per quair, i. e. by book.

Perqueir, Perquire, adj. Accurate, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

PERRAKIT, s. A sagacious, talkative, or active child, Fife; q. a parroquet.

PERRE, s. Precious stones, O. Fr.
Sir Gawan.

PERSHITTIE, adj. Precise, prim, S.

O. E. pergitted, tricked up.

PERSIL, s. Parsley, an herb, S. Fr.

PERTRIK, s.
V. Partrik.

To PERTROUBIL, v. a. To vex very much; Fr. partroubler.
Douglas.

Pertrublange, s. Great vexation.
Doug.

PESANE, PISSAND, PYSSEN, s A gorget; of uncertain origin.
Acts Ja. I.

PESS, s. Easter.
V. Pays.
Lyndsay.

PESS.
V. The.

PESSMENTS, s. pl.
V. Pasments.

To PET, PETTLE, v. a. To fondle, to treat as a pet, S.
Z. Boyd.

PETE-POT, s. A hole from which peats have been dug, S.
Wyntown.

Teut. put, lacuna.

PETER'S STAFF (St.), Orion's sword, a constellation.
Ruddiman.

PETH, s. A steep and narrow way, S.

A. S. paeth, semita, callis.

Barbour.

PETTAIL, PITTALL, s. Rabble attending an army.
Barbour.

Fr. pitaud, a clown; pietaille, infanterie.

PETTLE, s.
V. Pattle.

PEUAGE, PEUIS, PEUISCHE, adj. Mean, dastardly.
Douglas.

Peuagely, adv. Carelessly.
Douglas.

PEW, s. The plaintive cry of birds.
Lyndsay.
He canna play pew, he is unfit for any thing, S.
Ramsay.

To Pew, Peu, v. n.
1. To emit a mournful sound, applied to birds.
Compl. S.

O. Fr. piaul-er, id.

2. To peep or mutter.
Lyndsay.

PEWTENE, s. Trull.
Philotus.

Fr. putain, Isl. puta, scortum.

PHARIS, s. Pharaoh's.
Godly Sangs.

PHILIBEG, s.
V. Filibeg.

PHINOC, s. A species of grey trout.
V. Finnack.
Pennant.

PHIOLL, s.
V. Fyell.

PITHONES, s. A Pythoness, a witch.
Barbour.

To PHRASE, FRAISE, v. a. To talk of with boasting.
Rutherford.

Phraser, s.
1. A braggart, braggadocio.
Bp. Galloway.
2. A wheedling person, S.

To Phraise, v. n. To use wheedling language, S.

Phraise, Fraise, s. To mak a phraise,
1. To pretend interest in another, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. To use flattery, S.
R. Galloway.
3. Falsely to pretend to do a thing, to exhibit an appearance without real design, S.
Baillie.
4. To make great shew of reluctance, when one is really inclined, S.
Ross.
5. To talk more of a matter than it deserves, S.
Ramsay.
6. To make much ado about a slight ailment, S.

PYAT, PYOT, s. The magpie, S.
Houlate.

Gael. pighaidi, C. B. pioden, id.

PIBROCH, s. A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to martial music, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

Gael. piobaireachd, the pipe music.

PICHT, PYCHT, PIGHT, part. pa.
1. Pitched, settled.
Sir Gawan.
2. Transferred to a person.
Poems 16th Century.
3. Studded.
Douglas.

Ital. appicciar, castra metari.

PICHT, s. Pith, force.
Wallace.

Belg. pitt, A. S. pitha, id.

To PICK, v. a. To pitch at a mark, S. B.

PICK, s. The choice, S. E. pick, to cull.

PICKEN, adj. Pungent, S.

Su. G. pikande, Fr. piquant, id.

PICKEREL, s. The dunlin.
Sibbald.

PICKERY, s.
V. Pikary.

PICKIE-MAN, s. A miller's servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order, S. B.
V. Pik, v.

PICKLE, PUCKLE, s.
1. A grain of corn, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. A single seed, S.
Z. Boyd.
3. Any minute particle, S.
Rutherford.
4. A small quantity, S.
Ross.
5. A few, S.

Su. G. pik, grain when it begins to germinate.

P. Buch. Dial.

PI-COW, Pi-ox, s. The game of Hide and Seek, Ang.

PICTARNIE, s. The great tern, S.

Sw. tarna, Dan. taerne.

Pennant.

PIEGE, s. A trap, a snare, Perths.; puge, Border; Fr. piege, id.

PIE-HOLE, s. An eye-hole, S.

Dan. pig, pyg, a point.

PIEL, s. An iron wedge for boring stones, S. B.

A. S. pil, stylus.

PIER, s. A quay or wharf, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

PIETÉ, PIETIE, s. Pity.
Douglas.

PIG, PYG, s.
1. An earthen vessel, S.
Douglas.
2. A potsherd, S.

Gael. pigadh, pigin, an earthen pitcher.

Pig-man, s. A seller of crokery.
Colvil.

Pig-wife, A woman who sells crokery, S.

PIGGIES, s. pl. Iron rods from which streamers are hung.
Douglas.

Su. G. pigg, stimulus, stilus.

PIGGIN, s. A small wooden or earthen vessel; Dumfr.
V. Pig.
Davidson.

PIGHT, pret. Pierced, thrust.

Germ. pick-en, pungere.

Sir Tristrem.

PYGRAL, adj.
V. Pegrall.

PIGTAIL, s. Twisted tobacco, S., resembling the tail of a pig.

To PIK, v. a. To strike lightly with any thing sharp-pointed, S.
Ruddiman.

Su. G. pick-a, minutis ictibus tundere.

Pik, Pyk, s. A light stroke with what is sharp-pointed, S.
Douglas.

PIK, PYK, PICK, s. Pitch, S.
Barbour.

A. S. pic, Belg. picke, id.

PIKARY, PICKERY, s.
1. Rapine.
Bellenden.
2. Pilfering, S.
Erskine.

Fr. picor-Ée, plundering; picor-er, to rifle.

To PIKE, v. a. To select.
Douglas.

To PIKE, v. a. To sail close by.
Doug.

Su. G. pek-a, to point towards the land.

PYKIS, s. pl.
1. Prickles.
Dunbar.

Su. G. pigg, stimulus.

2. Short withered heath.
Gl. Shirr.

PIKKY, adj. Pitchy.
Douglas.

PIKKIT, part. pa. Covered with pitch.

Teut. pick-en, Lat. pic-are.

Douglas.

PIKLAND, part. pr. Picking up.
Douglas.

From pick, or Teut. pickel-en, scalpere.

PIK-MIRK, adj. Dark as pitch, S. corr. pit-mirk.
Ramsay.

PYK-MAW, PICK-MAW, s. A kind of gull.
Houlate.

PILCH, s.
1. A gown made of skin.

A. S. pylece, toga pellicea.

Douglas.
2. A tough skinny piece of meat, S.
3. Any thing short and gross, S.

Pilch, adj. Thick, gross, S.

PILE, PYLE, s.
1. In pl. the soft hair, which first appears on the faces of young men.
Douglas.
2. A tender blade, S.
Douglas.
3. A single grain, S.
Gl. Shirr.

Teut. pyl, Fr. poil, Lat. pil-us, a hair.

PYLE, s. A small javelin; or an arrow for a cross-bow.
Stat. Will.

Su. G. pil, Lat. pil-um, a javelin.

PYLEFAT, s. L. gylefat, q. v.
Lyndsay.

PILGET, PILGIE, s. A broil, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

Belg. belgh-en, to combat.

PILGREN, PYLGRYNE, s. A pilgrim, Fr. pelegrin.
Burel.

To PILK, v. a.
1. To take out of a husk or shell, S. B.
2. To pilfer, S. B.

E. pluck, or Teut. plock-en, id.

PILLAN, s.

A species of sea-crab, Fife.

Sibbald.

PILLOUR, s.
V. Pelure.

PILLOW, s. A tumultuous noise, S. B.
V. Hillie-billow.

PILTOCK, s. The coal fish, a year old, Orkn.

PIN, s. Summit.
Dunbar.

Teut. pinne, Germ. pfin, summitas.

PINALDS, s. A spinet; Fr. espinet.
Mellvill's MS.

PINCH, PUNCH, s. An iron lever, S.

Fland. pinsse, Fr. pince, id.

To PYNE, v. a. To subject to pain, S.

Isl. pyn-a, A. S. pinan, torquere.

Wall.

Pyne, s.
1. Pain, S.
Wyntown.
2. Labour, pains.
Douglas.

A. S. pin, Teut. pyne, cruciatus.

PYNE DOUBLET, a concealed coat of mail.

Su. G. pin-a, coarctare.

Cromerty.

PINERIS, PYNORIS, s. pl. Pioneers.
Knox.

To PINGE.
V. Peenge.

To PINGIL, PINGLE,
1. v. n. To strive, to labour assiduously without making much progress, S.
Douglas.
2. To vie with.
Douglas.
3. To toil for a scanty sustenance.
Dunbar.
4. v. a. To reduce to straits.
Douglas.

Su. G. pyng, labour, anxiety.

Pingil, Pingle, s.
1. A strife, S.
Ramsay.
2. Difficulty, S.
Journal Lond.
3. Hesitation.
Ramsay.

Pingling, s. Difficulty, S.
Pitscottie.

PINYIONE, s. A handful of armed men.
Acts Marie.

To PINK, v. n. To contract the eye, to glimmer, S.

Teut. pinck-ooghen, oculos contrahere.

Pinkie, adj. Applied to the eye, when small, or contracted, S.
Ramsay.

To PINK, v. n. To trickle, to drop, S. B.
Ross.

PINKIE, s. The little finger, Loth.

Belg. pink, digitus minimus.

PINKIE, s. The weakest kind of table beer, S.

PINKIE, s. The smallest candle that is made, S.

O. Teut. pincke, cubicularis lucerna simplex.

PINNER, s.
1. A female head-dress, having lappets pinned to the temples reaching down to the breast, and fastened there.
Ramsay.
2. A fleeing pinner, such a head-dress, having the ends of the lappets hanging loose, Ang.

O. Fr. pignoir seems to be synon.

PINNER-PIG, s.
V. Pirlie-pig.

PINNING, s. A small stone for filling a crevice in a wall, S.
Statist. Acc.

Q. employed as a pin.

PINSEL, s. A streamer.
V. Pensel.

PIN-THE-WIDDIE, s. A small dried haddock not split, Aberd. corruptly penny-widdie.

PINTILL-FISH, s. The Pipe-fish; or the Launce.
Monroe.

PYOT, s. A magpie.
V. Pyat.

PIPES. To tune one's pipes, to cry, S.

To PYRL, v. n. To prick.
Wallace.

Su. G. pryl, a long needle, pryl-a, stylo pungere.

To PIRL, v. n. To whirl, S. A.
V. Birle.
J. Nicol.

PIRL-GRASS, s. Creeping wheat-grass, S.
Stat. Acc.

PIRLIE-PIG, PURLIE-PIG, s. A circular earthen vessel, which has no opening save a slit at the top, no larger than to receive a halfpenny; used by children for keeping their money, S. B. Pinner-pig, S. O.

Perh. q. birlie-pig, from A. S. birl-ian, to drink; as forming a common stock. Pinner may be allied to Teut. penne-waere, merx; Dan. penger, money.

PIRN, s.
1. A quill, or reed, S.
Stat. Acc.
2. The yarn wound on a reed, S.
Ruddiman.
3. To wind one a pirn, to make a person repent his conduct.
Ramsay.
4. To redd a ravell'd pirn, to clear up something difficult, or to get free of some entanglement, S.
Shirrefs.

Isl. prion-a, to weave.

Pirn, s. The wheel of a fishing-rod, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

Pirnyt, Pyrnit, part. pa. Striped with different colours.
Douglas.

Pirnie, adj. Having unequal threads, or different colours, S.
Cleland.

Isl. prion, lanificium textile.

PIRR, s. A gentle breeze, S.

Isl. byr, bir, ventus secundus.

PIRRIEHOUDEN, adj. Fond, doating, Perths.

PIRZIE, adj. Conceited, Loth.

Fr. parsoy, by one's self.

PYSAN, s. A gorget.
V. Pesane.

PISMIRE, s. A steelyard, Orkn.
V. Bismar.
Brand.

PISSANCE, s. Power.
Douglas.

Fr. puissance, id.

Pissant, adj. Powerful.
Douglas.

Fr. puissant, id.

PIT and GALLOWS, a privilege conferred on a baron, according to our old laws, of having on his ground a pit for drowning women, and gallows for hanging men, convicted of theft.
Bellenden.

Teut. Put ende Galghe.

PITTAL, s. Rabble.
V. Pettail.

PYTANE, s. A young child; a term of endearment, S.

Fr. petit un, my little one; or peton, a fondling term used by nurses in Fr.

To PITY, v. n. To regret.
Baillie.

Pitiful, adj. To be regretted, S.
Id.

PITTIL, s. Some kind of fowl.
Houlate.

To PITTER-PATTER, v. n.
1. To repeat prayers after the Romish manner.
Watson.
2. To make a chattering noise by inconstant motion of the feet, S.
V. Patter.
L. Hailes.

PLACAD, PLACKET, s. A placard, S.
Pitscottie.

Teut. plackaet, decretum, from placken, to fix.

PLACE, s.
1. The mansion-house on an estate, S.
Spalding.
2. A castle, a strong hold.
Keith.

Fr. place, a castle.

PLACEBOE, s. A parasite.
Knox.

Lat. placebo, I will please; still used in France.

PLACK, PLAK, s.
1. A billon coin.
Acts Ja. III.
2. A small copper coin, formerly current in S., equal to the third part of an English penny.
Morysone.

Fr. plaque, Teut. placke, L. B. placa; a small coin of various value according to the country.

Plackless, adj. Moneyless, S.

PLAGE, s. Quarter, point.
Pal. Hon.

Lat. plag-a, id.

PLAID, s. Plea.
V. Plede.

PLAID, s. An outer loose weed of striped and variegated cloth, worn by the Highlanders, S.
Pennant.

Gael. plaide, id.; Teut. plat, what is plain and broad.

PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, s. Coarse woollen cloth, that is tweeled, S.
St. Acc.

From plaid; or C. B. pleth-u, to wreath.

PLAY-FEIR, PLAY-FERE, PLAY-FAIR, s.
1. A playfellow.
Lyndsay.

From play, and fere, a companion, q. v.

2. Improperly, a toy, S.
Ferguson.

PLAIK, s. A plaid, Ang.

Su. G. Isl. plagg, vestimentum.

PLAYN, PLAYNE. In playne,
1. Clearly.
Wallace.
2. Out of hand; like Fr. de plain.
Ibid.

To PLAINYIE, v. n. To complain.

Fr. plaindre, id.

Pitscottie.

PLAINSTANES, s. pl.
1. The pavement, S.
2. The exchange, as being paved, S.

To PLAINT, PLENT, v. n. To complain of, S.
Knox.

PLAYOKIS, s. pl. Playthings, S. O.
Wyntown.

PLAITINGS, s. pl. Pieces of iron which go below the plough-share. Fife.

PLANE, adj. Full, consisting of its different constituent branches; applied to parliament.
Acts Ja. II.

Fr. plane, pleine court, id.

PLANE-TREE, s. The maple, S.
Lightfoot.

To PLASH, v. n.
1. To make a noise by dashing water, S.
Pleesk, S. B.
Ramsay.
2. To splash, S.
3. Applied to any thing, which, from being thoroughly drenched, emits the noise occasioned by the agitation of water, S.

Su. G. plask-a, aquam cum sonitu movere.

PLASH of rain, a heavy fall of rain, S.

Belg. plasregen, praeceps imber.

PLASMATOR, s. Maker; Gr.
Complaynt S.

PLASTROUN, s. Perhaps, a harp.
Sir Egeir.

Gr. p???t???, the instrument with which the strings of an harp are struck.

To PLAT, PLET, v. a. To plait.
Wyntown.

PLAT, adj.
1. Flat, level.
Douglas.
2. Low, opposed to heiche.
Maitland P.
3. Close, near.
Douglas.

Su. G. platt, Teut. plat, planus.

Plat, adv. Flatly.
Douglas.

PLAT, PLATT, s. A plan.
Douglas.

Teut. plat, exemplar.

PLAT, PLATT, PLATE, s.
1. A dash.
Douglas.
2. A blow with the fist.
Lyndsay.

A. S. plaett-as, cuffs, blows.

To PLAT UP, v. a. To erect.
Baillie.

PLATFUTE, s. A term of reproach; applied to a plain-soled person, and thence ludicrously to some dance.
Lyndsay.

Teut. plat-voet, planipes.

PLEDE, PLEID, PLEYD, s.
1. Debate.
Wyntown.
2. A quarrel, a broil.
Chr. Kirk.
3. Care, sorrow.
Dunbar.

Belg. pleyte, lis, Fr. plaid.

To Plede, Pleid, v. n. To contend.
Doug.

To PLEDGE, v. a. To invite to drink, by promising to take the cup after another, S.; a vestige of the ancient custom of one drawing his dagger, as a token that he pledged his life for that of another, while he was drinking.

To PLEESK, v. n.
V. Plash.

PLEY, PLEYE, s.
1. A debate, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
2. An action at law, whether criminal or civil, S.
Reg. Maj.

A. S. pleo, pleoh, danger, debate.

To Pley, v. n. To answer in a court.
Burr. Lawes.

PLEINYEOUR, s. A complainer.
Acts Ja. II.

To PLENYE, v. n.
V. Plainyie.

To PLENYS, PLENISH, v. a.
1. To furnish a house; to stock a farm, S.
2. To supply with inhabitants.
Wallace.

Plennissing, Plenising, s. Household furniture.
Burr. Lawes.
R. Bruce.

To PLENT, v. n.
V. Plaint.

PLENTEOUS, adj. Complaining.
Bar. Courts.

PLEP, s. Any thing weak or feeble, S. B.

Pleppit, adj. Not stiff; creased. A pleppit dud, a garment become quite flaccid by wearing or tossing, Ang.

Perh. q. flappit, E. flapped; or from Isl. flap-r, aura inconstans.

PLESANCE, s. Pleasure.

Fr.

K. Quair.

To PLET, v. a. To reprehend.
Douglas.

Teut. pleyt-en, litigare.

PLEVAR, s. A plover.
Houlate.

PLEUCH, PLEUGH, s.
1. A plough, S.
Douglas.

A. S. Su. G. plog, Alem. pluog.

2. That constellation called Ursa Major; supposed to resemble a plough, S.
Douglas.

Pleuch-gang, Plough-gang, s. As much land as can be properly tilled by one plough; also, a pleuch of land, S.
Stat. Acc.

Pleuch-gate, Plough-gate, v. The same with plough-gang, S.; gate being synon. with gang.
Stat. Acc.

Pleuchgeire, v. The furniture belonging to a plough, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Pleuchgraith, s. The same with pleuchgeire, S.
Skene.

Pleuch-irnes, Plwyrnys, s. pl. The iron instruments belonging to a plough, S.
Wyntown.

Isl. plogiarn, the ploughshare.

PLY, s. Plight, condition, S.
Dunbar.

Fr. pli, habit, state.

PLY, s. A fold, a plait, S.

PLYCHT, s. Punishment.
Henrysone.

Belg. plicht, judicium.

To PLISH-PLASH, v. n. To emit the sound produced by successive shocks in any liquid body, S.
V. Plash, v.
J. Nicol.

Plish-Plash, adv. To play plish-plash, to make a flashing sound, S.

PLISKIE, s. A trick, properly of a mischievous kind; though not necessarily including the idea of any evil design, S.
J. Nicol.

A. S. plaega, play, sport, with the termination isc, or isk, expressive of increment.

PLODDERE, s. A banger, a mauler.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. plaud-er, to bang, to maul.

PLOY, s.
1. A harmless frolic, properly of a social kind, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. A frolic, which, although begun in jest, has a serious issue, S.
Ross.

A. S. pleg-an, to play.

To PLOT, v. a.
1. To scald, S.
Ramsay.
2. To make any liquid scalding hot, S.
3. To burn, in a general sense.
Forbes.

PLOTCOCK, s. The devil.
Pitscottie.

According to some, Pluto, whose Isl. name is Blotgod. Our term may be q. Blotkok, "the swallower of sacrifices;" from blot, sacrificing, and kok-a, deglutire.

PLOUD, s. A green sod, Aberd.
Stat. Acc.

Fland. plot-en, membranam exuere.

PLOUT, s. A heavy shower of rain, S.

Belg. plots-en, to fall down plump.

To PLOUTER, v. n. To make a noise among water, to be engaged in any wet and dirty work, S., plowster, S. A.

Germ. plader-n, humida et sordida tractare; Teut. plots-en, plotsen int water, in aquam irruere.

Plouter, s. The act of floundering through water or mire, S.
Popular Ball.

PLUCK, s. The pogge, a fish, S.

PLUCKUP, PLUKUP, s.
Poems 16th Cent.

At the plukup, q. ready to pluck up every thing by the roots.

PLUFFY, adj. Flabby, chubby, S.

Su. G. plufsig, facies obesa.

PLUKE, PLOUK, s. A pimple, S.

Gael. plucan, id.

R. Bruce.

Plukie-faced, adj. Having a pimpled face, S.
Ritson.

PLUME-DAMES, s. A Damascene plumb, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

PLUMP, adj. A plump shower, a heavy shower that falls straight down, S.

E. plumb, perpendicular; q. like lead, Teut. plomp, plumbeus.

PLWYRNYS, s. pl.
V. Pleuchirnes.

To PLUNK, v. n. To plump, S.

C. B. plwngk-io, id.

To PLUNK, v. n. To play the truant, S. O.

Teut. plenck-en, vagari, to straggle.

PLUNTED, probably for painted.
Leg. St Androis.

POB, POB-TOW, s. Refuse of flax, S. B. also pab.
Statist. Acc.

POCK-ARRS, s. pl. The marks left by the smallpox.
V. Arr.

POCKED SHEEP, old sheep having a disease resembling scrofula, S.

POCKMANTEAU, s. Literally, a cloak-bag, S.
Meston.

POCK-SHAKINGS, s. pl. The youngest child of a family, S.

A very ancient Goth. idiom. Isl. belguskaka, ultimus parentum natus vel nata, from belg-ur, a bag or pock, and skak-a, to shake.

POD, s. Perhaps a toad; Teut. pode, id.
Montgomerie.

PODLE, s. A tadpole, S.; Teut. podde, a frog.

PODLIE, PODLEY, s.
1. The fry of the coal fish, Loth., Fife, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.
2. The green-backed pollack, Loth., Fife.
Sibbald.
3. The true pollack, or Gadus pollachius, S.; Fland. pudde, mustela piscis.

PODEMAKRELL, s. A bawd.
Douglas.

Fr. putte, meretrix, and maquerelle, lena.

POID, s.
V. Pod.
Pal. Hon.

To POIND, POYND, v. a.
1. To distrain, S., a forensic term.
Bellenden.
2. To seize in warfare.
Wyntown.

A. S. pynd-an, to shut up; Germ. pfand-en, to distrain.

Poynd, Pownd, s.
1. That which is distrained, S.
Stat. Rob. I.
2. The prey taken in an inroad.
Wynt.

Poindable, adj. Liable to be distrained, S.
Erskine.

Poinding, s. The act of poinding, S.

Poynder, Pundare, s. One who distrains, S.
Stat. Rob. I.

POINER, s. One who lives by digging and selling feal, divots or clay, Inverness.
Law Case.

O. Fr. pionnier is used in a similar sense.

V. Roquefort.

POYNIES, s. pl. Gloves.
Skene.

Fr. poing, the fist.

POYNTAL, s.
1. A sharp sword or dagger.
Douglas.

Fr. pointille, a prick or point. O. Fr. punhal, a dagger.

2. A quill for playing on the harp.
Douglas.

To POIST, PUIST, v. a. To push.
V. Poss.

POKE, s. A swelling under the jaw; a disease of sheep, S., perhaps as resembling a pock or bag.
Statist. Acc.

POLDACH, s. Marshy ground lying on the side of a body of water, Ang.

Belg. polder, a marsh, a meadow on the shore.

POLICY, POLLECE, s. The pleasure-ground about a gentleman's seat, S.

Fr. police.

Acts Ja. V.

POLIST, adj. Artful; generally as including the idea of fawning, S.

E. polish; Fr. polir, to sleek.

POLKE, POK, s. A kind of net.
Acts Ja. VI.

POLLAC, s. Apparently the gwiniad, a fish.
Statist. Acc.

POLLIE-COCK, POUNIE-COCK, s. A turkey, S.

Fr. paon, also poule, d'Inde, id.

POLLIS, s. pl. Paws.
Wallace.

POLLOCK, s. The young of the coalfish, Shetl.
Statist. Acc.

POME, s. Perhaps pomatum.
Douglas.

POMELL, s. A globe; metaph. the breast.
Maitland Poems.

L. B. pomell-us, globulus.

POYNYE, POYNYHÉ, POYHNÉ, PONYHÉ, s. A skirmish.
Barbour.

O. Fr. poignÉe, id. Lat. pugna.

PONYEAND, adj. Piercing.
Wallace.

Fr. poignant, id.

PONNYIS, s. Weight, influence; Teut. pondigh, ponderosus.

Gl. Sibb.

PONNYIS, Leg. pennyis, money.
Houlate.

POO, s. A crab, E. Loth. Pulloch, Ang.

O. Fr. pole, sorte de poisson.

POORTITH, s. Poverty.
V. Purtye.

POPE'S KNIGHTS, s. pl. A designation formerly given to priests of the church of Rome, who were at the same time distinguished by the title of Sir.
V. Schir.
Spotswood.

POPIL, s. A poplar.
Complaynt S.

Fr. peuple, Lat. popul-us, id.

POPIL, adj. Perhaps plebeian.

Teut. popel, plebs.

Bellenden.

POPINGOE, s.
V. Papejay.

To POPLE, PAPLE, v. a.
1. To bubble up like water, expressing also the noise of ebullition, S.
Douglas.
2. To boil with indignation, S. B.
V. Paple.

Teut. popel-en, murmur edere, C. B. pwmbl-u, to bubble, pwmpl, a bubble.

POPLESY, s. Apoplexy.
Bellenden.

Teut. popelcije, id.

POPPILL, POPPLE, s. Corn campion or cockle, S. papple, C. B. popple, id.
Bannatyne Poems.

POR, s. A thrust with a sword.

Teut. porr-en, urgere.

Mellvill's MS.

PORRIDGE, s. Hasty-pudding; oat-meal, sometimes barley-meal, stirred on the fire in boiling water till it be considerably thickened, S.
Stat. Acc.

PORT, s. A catch, a lively tune, Gael. id. S.
Kelly.

Port-youl, Port-yeull. To sing Port-youl, to cry, S.
Kelly.

Port, and youl to cry.

PORTAGE, s. Cargo put onboard ship, Fr.
Douglas.

POTATIBUS, not understood.
Houlate.

PORTEOUS, PORTUOS, PORTOWIS, PORTUISROLL, s. A list of persons indicted to appear before the Justiciary Aire, given by the Justice-clerk to the Coroner, that he might attach them in order to their appearance.
Acts Ja. I.

Probably from Fr. port-er, as being carried to the Aires or circuit-courts; O. Fr. porteis, portatif.

PORTIONER, s. One who possesses part of a property which has been originally divided among co-heirs.
V. Parsenere.
Stat. Acc.

PORTURIT, adj. Pourtrayed.
Doug.

PORTUS, s. A skeleton, Ang.

POSE, POIS, POISE, s. A secret hoard of money, S.
Knox.

A. S. posa, Dan. pose, Su. G. posse, a purse.

POSNETT, s. A bag in which money is put; q. a net used as a purse.
Burr. Lawes.

To POSS, v. a. To push; S. pouss.
V. Pouss.
Douglas.

Fr. pouss-er, Lat. pulsare.

POSSODY, s. A term of endearment, used ludicrously.
V. Powsowdie.
Evergreen.

To POSTULE, v. a. To elect one for a bishop who is not in all points duly eligible.

L. B. postulari.

Wyntown.

POSTROME, s. A postern.
Bellenden.

L. B. posturium, id.

To POT, v. a. To stew in a pot, S.

POT, POTT, s.
1. A pit, a dungeon.
Douglas.
2. A pond or pit full of water, S.
Rudd.
3. A pool or deep place in a river, S.
Ruddiman.
4. A deep hole scooped out in a rock, by the eddies of a river, S.
Minstr. Bord.
5. A moss-hole from whence peats have been dug.
V. Pete-pot.

Teut. put, fovea; lacuna, palus; given as synon. with pool.

POTARDS, s. pl. L. dotards.
More.

POTENT, adj. Wealthy, q. powerful in money, S.
Priests Peblis.

POTENT, s.
1. A gibbet.
Compl. S.
2. A crutch.
Gl. Sibb.

Fr. potence, a gibbet; also a crutch.

POTTINGAR, s. An apothecary.
Evergreen.

L. B. Potagiar-ius, coquus pulmentarius.

Pottingry, s. The work of an apothecary.
Dunbar.

POUDER, POWDER, s. Dust; Fr. poudre.
R. Bruce.

POUERALL, PURELL, s. The rabble.
Barbour.

O. Fr. povrail, paurail, paupertinus.

POUNCE, s. Long meadow-grasses, Orkn.
Neill.

Isl. punt-r, gramen barbatum, a sharp-pointed grass.

POUNE, POWNE, s. A peacock; S. pownie.
Douglas.

Fr. paonneau, a young peacock.

To POUNSE, PUNSE, v. a. To carve, to emboss.
Douglas.

Teut. ponts-en, punts-en, caelare, scalpere.

POURIN, s. A very small quantity of any liquid, S., from E. to pour.

POURIT, part. adj. Impoverished.
V. Pure, v.
Gl. Sibb.

POURPOURE, s. Purple.
Douglas.

Fr. pourpre, id.

To POUSS, v. n.
1. To push, S.
Bp. Forbes.
2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of washing, S.

Teut. polss-en int water, quatere aquas.

Pouss, s. A push, S.

Fr. pousse.

POUST, s. Bodily strength, S.

O. Fr. poestÉ, pooste, id.

PoustÉ, PowstÉ, s. Power.
Douglas.
Lege poustie, full strength, i. e. legitima potestas.
Reg. Maj.

Pousture, s. Bodily ability. To lose the pousture of a limb, to lose the power of it, S. B.
Ruddiman.

POUT, s.
1. A young partridge or moor-fowl, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Fr. poulet, a pullet; Lat. pullus.

2. The chicken of any domesticated fowl, S.
3. A young girl, a sweetheart.
Ross.

To Pout, v. n. To shoot at young partridges; also, to go a-pouting, to go to shoot at pouts, S.
Antiquary.

To POUT, POUTER, v. n. To poke, to stir with a long instrument, S.
Waverley.

Su. G. pott-a, digito vel baculo explorare; Belg. poter-en, fodicare.

Pout, s. A poker, S. A.

Pout-net, s. A round net fastened to two poles, by means of which the fishers poke the banks of rivers, to force out the fish, S.
Courant.

Poutstaff, s. A staff or pole used in fishing with a small net.
Wallace.

To POUZLE, v. n. To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S. B.; q. to puzzle.

To Pouzle, v. n. To trifle, Fife.

Teut. futsel-en, nugari.

POW, s. The head, the poll, S.
Ramsay.

To POW, v. a. To pluck, to pull, S.
Wallace.

POW, s. A pool.
Sir Tristrem.

POW, POU, pron. poo, s.
1. A slow-moving rivulet in flat lands, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. A watery or marshy place, Stirlings.
Statist. Acc.
3. A small creek, affording a landing-place for boats, Clackm.
Statist. Acc.
4. The wharf itself, ibid.

Radically the same with E. pool.

POWART, s. A tadpole; powrit, Fife.
Statist. Acc.

POW-EE, s. A small fresh haddock, Montrose.

POW-HEAD, s. A tadpole; pron. powet, S. powie, Perths.
Gl. Tristrem.

Mod. Sax. pogghe, a frog, q. pogghe-hoofd, the head of a frog.

POWIN, s. The peacock.
Evergreen.

Fr. paon, id.

POWLINGS, s. pl. Some disease.
Montgomerie.

POWSOWDIE, s.
1. Sheepshead broth, q. poll-sodden.
Ritson.
2. Milk and meal boiled together, S. B.

PRAELOQUUTOUR, s. An advocate.
V. Prolocutor.

PRAY, s. A meadow.
Douglas.

Fr. prÉ, id. Lat. pratum.

PRAP, s. A mark, S.
V. Prop.

To Prap, v. a.
1. To set up as a mark, S.
2. To prap stanes at any thing, to throw stones, by taking aim at some object, S. B.

PRAT, PRATT, s.
1. A trick, S.
Doug.
2. A wicked action, S.
Forbes.

A. S. praett, craft, Isl. prett-ur, guile.

Pratty, adj. Tricky, S.; pretty, S. B. often ill-pretty.
Ruddiman.

PRATTIK, PRETTIK, PRACTIK, PRACTIQUE, s.
1. Practice, experience.
Lyndsay.
2. A stratagem in war; protick, S. B.
Douglas.
3. Form of proceeding in a court of law; a forensic term.

Fr. practique.

Baillie.
4. An artful means.
Dunbar.
5. A trick of legerdemain, S.
Gl. Sibb.
6. A necromantic exploit, S.
Dunbar.
7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. praktik, craft; Mod. Sax. practycke, astrology.

To PRECELL, v. n. To excel.
Lyndsay.

PRECLAIR, adj. Supereminent, Fr.
Lyndsay.

To PREFFER, v. a. To excel; Lat. praefer-o.
Complaynt S.

To PREIF, PRIEVE, PREVE, PREE, v. a.
1. To prove.
Douglas.
2. To taste; corr. prie, S.
Pal. Hon.
3. To find by examination.
Wallace.

PREYNE, PRENE, PREIN, PRINE, PRIN, s.
1. A pin made of wire, S.
Ramsay.
2. A thing of no value, S.
Wallace.

Su. G. Dan. pren, any sharp instrument; Isl. prionn, a needle, or large pin.

To Prein, Prene, Prin, v. a. To pin, S.
Dunbar. Ramsay.

Prein-cod, s. A pin-cushion, S.

PREIS, PRES, s. Heat of battle.
Wyntown.

To PREK, PRYK, v. n. To gallop.
Douglas.

A. S. pricc-ian, Belg. prick-en, pungere.

To PRENE, v. a.
V. Prein, v.

To PRENT, v. a.
1. To print, S.
Acts Marie.

Isl. prent-a, typis excudo.

2. To coin.
Douglas.

Su. G. prent-a, imprimere; from pren, a graving tool.

Prent, s.
1. Print, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. Impression of a die.
Acts Ja. III.
3. A deep impression made on the mind.
Wallace.
4. Likeness.
Douglas.

Prentar, s. A printer.

PRES, s. Throng.
V. Preis.

PRESERVES, s. pl. Spectacles which magnify little or nothing, S.

PRESOWNE, s. A prisoner.
Wyntown.

PRESSYT. L. prissyt, praised.
Barbour.

PREST, PRETE, part. pa. Ready. Fr.
Douglas.

PRESTABLE, adj. Payable.
Act Sed.

Fr. prest-er, Lat. praest-are.

PRETTY, adj.
1. Small; pron. e as ai in fair, S. B.
2. Including the idea of neatness, conjoined with smallness of size, S. B.
3. Mean, contemptible.
Douglas.
4. Handsome, well-made, S.
Spalding.
5. Polite, accomplished, S.
V. Proty.
Sir J. Sinclair.

PRETTY-DANCERS, s. pl. The aurora borealis, S. B.

To PREVADE, v. n. To neglect.
Baillie.

To PREVENE, PREVEEN, v. a. To prevent.

Lat. praevenio.

Douglas.

PREVENTATIVE, s. Preventive, S.

To PREVERT, v. a. To anticipate.

Lat. praevert-o.

Douglas.

PREVES, pl.
1. Proofs.
2. Witnesses.
Acts Ja. VI.

PRYCE, PRICE, PRYS, PREIS, s.
1. Praise.
Henrysone.

Su. G. prisa, Dan. prise, Belg. prijs, id.

2. Prize.

Teut. prijs, pretium.

Douglas.

PRICK, s.
1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a pudding, S.
Kelly.
2. An iron spoke.
Mellvill's MS.

To Prick, v. a. To fasten by a wooden skewer.
Kelly.

Pricksworth, s. Any thing of the lowest imaginable value, S.

PRICKED HAT, part of the dress required of those who bore arms in this country.
Acts Ja. II.

PRICKER, s. The basking shark, S. B.
Brand.

PRICKER, s. pl. A light horseman.
V. Prek.
Spotswood.

PRICKMEDAINTY, s. One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I prick myself daintily.

Teut. pryck-en, ornare.

PRICKSANG, s. Pricksong.
Pal. Hon.

PRIDEFOW, adj. Proud, S.

PRIDYEAND, part. pr.
Houlate.

Q. setting themselves off. Su. G. pryd-a, id.

PRIEST.
To be one's priest, to kill him, S. B.

To PRIEVE, v. a.
V. Preif.

To PRIG, v. n.
1. To haggle, S.
Doug.
2. To importune, S. B.
P. Buch. Dial.

Belg. prachg-en, to beg.

Prigging, s.
1. Haggling, S.
Rutherford.
2. Entreaty, S.

To PRYK, v. n.
V. Prek.

To PRYME, v. a. To stuff.
Douglas.

PRIMSIE, s. Demure, precise, S. from E. prim.
Burns.

To PRIMP, To deck one's self in a stiff and affected manner.

Primpit, part. pa.
1. Stiffly and affectedly dressed, S.
2. Ridiculously stiff in demeanour, S.

Su. G. pramper-a, to be proud.

To PRIN, v. a.
V. Prein, v.

PRYNES, s. pl. Cribs of some kind for catching fish.
Acts Ja. III.

To PRINK, To deck, to prick, S.

Teut. pronck-en, ornare.

Evergreen.

To PRINKLE, v. n. To thrill, to tingle, S.
Hogg. Kelly.

PRINTS, s. pl. Newspapers, S.

PRYS, s. Praise.
V. Pryce.

PRIVY SAUGH, Common privet, S.
Lightfoot.

To PRIZE UP, v. a. To force open a lock or door, S.

Fr. press-er, to force.

PROBATIONER, s. One who is licensed to preach in public, as preparatory to his being called by any congregation, S.
Acts Assembly.

To PROCESS, v. a. To proceed legally against one, S.
Baillie.

To PROCH, v. a. To approach.
Wallace.

Fr. proche, near.

PROCHANE, PROCHENE, adj. Neighbouring, Fr.
Complaynt S.

PROCURATOR, s.
1. An advocate in a court of law.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. procutor, S.

L. B. procurator.

PROD, s. A wooden skewer, Ang.

Su. G. brodd, Dan. brod, cuspis, aculeus.

Prod, Craw-prod, s. A pin fixed in the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.
Prod, and perh. crap, the top.

PROG, PROGUE, s.
1. A sharp point, S.
2. An arrow.
P. Buch. Dial.

Prog-staff, s. A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S. B.
V. Brog, v.

To PROYNE, PRUNYIE, v. a.
1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.
K. Quair.
2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.
Doug.

Germ. prang-en, to make a shew; Su. G. prydn-ing, trimming.

PROKET, s. Proket of wax, apparently a small taper.

Fr. brochette, a prick or peg.

PROLOCUTOR, s. An advocate.
Quon. Att.

Lat. pro and loqui, to speak for.

Praeloquutour, id.
Acts Ja. VI.

PROLONG, s. Procrastination.
Wallace.

To PROMIT, v. a. To promise.

Lat. promitt-o.

Bellenden.

Promit, s. A promise.
Pal. Hon.

To PROMOVE, v. a. To promote.

Lat. promov-eo.

Acts Parl.

PRON, s. Flummery, S. B.

Gael. pronn, pollard.

PRON'D, PRAN'D, part. pa. Bruised, wounded.
Buchan.

Gael. pronn-am, to bruise.

PRONEVW, PRONEPUOY, s. A great grandson.

Lat. pronepos.

Wynt.

PROP, s. An object at which aim is taken, S. prap.
Dunbar.
Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a butt.

PROPYNE, PROPINE, s.
1. A present, S.
Douglas.
2. Drink-money.
Rutherford.
3. The power of giving.
Minstr. Bord.

Gr. p??p??-?, Lat. propin-o, id. Hence Fr. propine, drink-money.

To Propine, v. a.
1. To present a cup to another.
Rollocke.
2. To present, in a general sense.
Muse's Threnodie.

To PROPONE, v. a. To propose.

Lat. propon-o.

Douglas.

To PROPORTE, v. n. To mean.

E. purport, L. B. proport-are.

Doug.

PROSPECT, s. A perspective glass, S.

Fr. prospective; Lat. prospicio.

Baillie.

PROT, s. A trick.
V. Pratt.

PROTEIR.

L. protegere.

Dunbar.

PROTY, PROTTY, adj.
1. Handsome, elegant, S. B.
P. Buch. Dial.
2. Possessing mettle, S. B.
Ross.

Isl. prud-r, decorus, A. S. praete, ornatus.

PROTICK, s.
V. Prattick.

PROTTY, adj.
V. Pratty.

PROVENTIS, s. pl. Profits.
Knox.

Lat. provent-us.

PROVOST, s. The mayor of a royal burgh, S.

PROW, s. Profit.
Maitland P.

Fr. prou, id.

PROWAN, s. Provender.
Kelly.

Fr. provende, id.

PROWDE, adj. Magnificent.
Wyntown.

Su. G. prud, id.

PROWDE, s. Fair, beautiful woman.
Maitland P.

Su. G. prud, ornatus; Isl. frid, pulcher.

To PRUNYIE, v. a. To trim.
V. Proyne.

PTARMIGAN, s. The white game, S.

Gael. tarmoch-an.

Sibb.

PUBLIC-HOUSE, s. An inn, a tavern, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

PUCK HARY, s. A certain sprite or hobgoblin, S.
Colvil.

Isl. Su. G. puke, daemon, spectrum.

PUD. Inkpud, s. An inkholder, Loth.

Teut. enck pot, atramentarium; or puyd, suggestus, q. what supports.

PUD, s. A fondling designation for a child.

Isl. ped, homuncio, puer.

PUDDIE, PUDDY, s. A kind of cloth.

Teut. poote, pellis cervaria.

Ritson.

PUDDILL, s. A pedlar's pack or wallet.
Gl. Sibb.

Teut. buydel, Fris. puyl, sacculus.

PUDDINGFILLAR, s. A glutton.
Dunbar.

To PUDDLE, PUDLE, v. n.
1. To work diligently in a mean way, S. from E. puddle, a mire.
Statist. Acc.
2. Applied to laborious and frivolous engagement in the Popish ceremonies.
R. Bruce.

PUDGE, s. A small house, a hut, Perths.

Isl. bud, Teut. boede, casa; O. Teut. poest, an ox-stall.

To PUG, v. a. To pull, Perths.

PUIR, adj. Poor.
V. Pure.

To Puir, v. a.
V. Pure, v.

PULAILE, POULAILE, s. Poultry.

L. B. poyllayllia, id.

Barbour.

To PULCE, v. a. To impel.

Lat. puls-o.

Complaynt S.

PULDER, s. Powder, dust.

O. Fr. puldre, id.

Complaynt S.

Pulderit, part. pa. Sprinkled.
Douglas.

PULLAINE GREIS, s. Greaves worn in war.
Wallace.

L. B. polena, pars qua genua muniuntur.

PULL LING, s. A moss plant, S.

PULLISEE, s. A pulley, S. pullishee.
Ramsay.

PULOCHS, s. pl. Patches, S. B.

Mod. Sax. pulten, id.

PULTRING, part. adj. Rutting, Perths.

Fr. poultre, a horse-colt.

To PUMP, v. n. To break wind softly behind, S.

Isl. prump-a, pedere.

Pump, s. The act of breaking wind softly, S.

To PUNCH, v. a. To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.

Sw. bunk-a, cum sonitu ferire.

Punch, s. A jog, a slight push, S.

PUNDELAYN, s.
Barbour.

Fr. Pantaleon, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.

PUNDIE, s. A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a pound weight of water.

PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, s. An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.
Barry.

Su. G. pundare, statera; from pund, libra.

PUNDLER, PUNLER, s.
1. A distrainer, Ang.
V. Poinder.
Bann. MS.
2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.

To PUNGE, v. a.
V. Punye.

PUNGER, s. A species of crab.
Sibbald.

PUNYE, s. A small body of men.
Barbour.

Fr. poignÉe de gens, a handful of people.

To PUNYE, PUNGE, v. a.
1. To pierce.
Wallace.
2. To sting.
Fordun.
3. To sting; applied to the mind.
Wallace.

O. Fr. poign-er, Lat. pungere.

PUNYOUN, s. Side, party.
V. Opinion.
Wallace.

PUNSIS, PUNCIS, s. pl. Pulses.

Corr. from pulse.

Montgomerie.

PURCHES, s.
1. An amour.
Douglas.

O. Fr. porchaz, intrigue.

2. Space for exertion, S.
3. To live on one's purchase, to live by one's wits, S.

PURE, PUIR, adj. Poor, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. poure, id.

Puirlie, adv. Humbly.
K. Hart.

Pure man, s. A beggar, S.
K. Quair.

To Pure, Puir, v. a. To impoverish.
Wallace.

PURED, part. adj. Furred.
Sir Gawan.

PURELLIS, s. pl.
V. Pouerall.

PURFLED, PURFILLIT, part. adj. Short-winded, S.

PURIE, s. A small meagre person, Orkney.

PURLE, s. A pearl.
Watson.

PURL, s.
1. A portion of the dung of sheep or horses, S.
Ess. Highland Soc.

Su. G. porl-a, scaturire.

2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A.

PURLICUE, PARLICUE, s.
1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd.

Fr. pour le queue, q. for the tail.

2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.

PURLIE-PIG, s.
V. Pirlie-pig.

PURPOSE-LIKE, adj. Apparently well qualified for any business, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

PURPRESTRE, s. A violation of the property of a superior.
Reg. Maj.

Fr. pourprendre, invadere.

PURRAY, PURRY, s. A species of fur.

Fr. fourrÉe, id.

Acts Ja. I.

PURRY, s. A kind of porridge, Aberd.
Pop. Ball.

PURRING-IRNE, s. A poker, Ang.

Teut. poyer-en, fodicare.

PURSY, s. Short-breathed and fat.

O. Fr. pourcif, id.

Gl. Sibb.

PURSILL, s. As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q. purse-fill.

PURS-PYK, s. A pickpocket.
Dunbar.

PURTYE, POORTITH, s. Poverty.

S. O. Fr. pouretÉ.

Bannatyne P.

To PUT, v. n. To push with the head or horns, S.
Douglas.

Teut. bott-en, C. B. pwt-iaw, id.

To Put at, v. a. To push against.
Knox.

To Put on, v. a. To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.
Leg. St Androis.

Put, Putt, s.
1. A thrust, a push, S.
Knox.
2. Metaph. an attempt.
Pennecuik.

To Put, v. n. To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S.
Ramsay.

C. B. pwt-iaw, to push, to thrust.

Put and Row, adv. With difficulty, S.
Ross.

Putting-stone, s. A heavy stone used in putting, S.
Pennant.

To Put out, v. a. To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.

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