OZELLY, adj. Swarthy, resembling an ousel, Loth.
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.