PIGTAIL,s.Twisted tobacco, S., resembling thetailof apig.
ToPIK,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.
ToPIKE,v. a.To select.Douglas.
ToPIKE,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.
Frompick, 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.
ToPILK,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.
ToPYNE,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.
ToPINGE.V.Peenge.
ToPINGIL, 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.
ToPINK,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.
ToPINK,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.pignoirseems 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 apin.
PINSEL,s.A streamer.V.Pensel.
PIN-THE-WIDDIE,s.A small dried haddock not split, Aberd. corruptlypenny-widdie.
PINTILL-FISH,s.The Pipe-fish; or the Launce.Monroe.
PYOT,s.A magpie.V.Pyat.
PIPES.To tuneone'spipes, to cry, S.
ToPYRL,v. n.To prick.Wallace.
Su. G.pryl, a long needle,pryl-a, stylo pungere.
ToPIRL,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.Pinnermay 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 windonea 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.
PITandGALLOWS, a privilege conferred on a baron, according to our old laws, of having on his ground apitfor drowning women, andgallowsfor 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; orpeton, a fondling term used by nurses in Fr.
ToPITY,v. n.To regret.Baillie.
Pitiful,adj.To be regretted, S.Id.
PITTIL,s.Some kind of fowl.Houlate.
ToPITTER-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, fromplacken, 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 istweeled, S.St. Acc.
Fromplaid; or C. B.pleth-u, to wreath.
PLAY-FEIR, PLAY-FERE, PLAY-FAIR,s.1. A playfellow.Lyndsay.
Fromplay, andfere, 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.
ToPLAINYIE,v. n.To complain.
Fr.plaindre, id.
Pitscottie.
PLAINSTANES,s. pl.1. The pavement, S.2. The exchange, as being paved, S.
ToPLAINT, 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.
ToPLASH,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.
PLASHof 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. πληκτρον, the instrument with which the strings of an harp are struck.
ToPLAT, PLET,v. a.To plait.Wyntown.
PLAT,adj.1. Flat, level.Douglas.2. Low, opposed toheiche.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.
ToPLAT UP,v. a.To erect.Baillie.
PLATFUTE,s.A term of reproach; applied to aplain-soledperson, 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.
ToPlede,Pleid,v. n.To contend.Doug.
ToPLEDGE,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 hepledgedhis 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.
ToPley,v. n.To answer in a court.Burr. Lawes.
PLEINYEOUR,s.A complainer.Acts Ja. II.
ToPLENYE,v. n.V.Plainyie.
ToPLENYS, 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.
ToPLENT,v. n.V.Plaint.
PLENTEOUS,adj.Complaining.Bar. Courts.
PLEP,s.Any thing weak or feeble, S. B.
Pleppit,adj.Not stiff; creased. Apleppit 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.
ToPLET,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 calledUrsa 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, apleuchof land, S.Stat. Acc.
Pleuch-gate,Plough-gate,v.The same withplough-gang, S.;gatebeing synon. withgang.Stat. Acc.
Pleuchgeire,v.The furniture belonging to a plough, S.Acts Ja. VI.
Pleuchgraith,s.The same withpleuchgeire, 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.
ToPLISH-PLASH,v. n.To emit the sound produced by successive shocks in any liquid body, S.V.Plash,v.J. Nicol.
Plish-Plash,adv.Toplay 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 terminationisc, orisk, 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.
ToPLOT,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 isBlotgod. Our term may be q.Blotkok, "the swallower of sacrifices;" fromblot, sacrificing, andkok-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.
ToPLOUTER,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 topluck upevery 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.ADamasceneplumb, 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.
ToPLUNK,v. n.To plump, S.
C. B.plwngk-io, id.
ToPLUNK,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. alsopab.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, acloak-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, frombelg-ur, a bag orpock, andskak-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, andmaquerelle, lena.
POID,s.V.Pod.Pal. Hon.
ToPOIND, 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 sellingfeal,divotsor clay, Inverness.Law Case.
O. Fr.pionnieris 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.
ToPOIST, PUIST,v. a.To push.V.Poss.
POKE,s.A swelling under the jaw; a disease of sheep, S., perhaps as resembling apockorbag.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, alsopoule, 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 ofSir.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.
ToPOPLE, 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, andyoulto 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 theAiresor 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. anetused as apurse.Burr. Lawes.
ToPOSS,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.
ToPOSTULE,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.
ToPOT,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. withpool.
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.
ToPOUNSE, 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.
ToPOUSS,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 poustureof 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.
ToPout,v. n.To shoot at young partridges; also,to go a-pouting, to go to shoot atpouts, S.Antiquary.
ToPOUT, 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.
ToPOUZLE,v. n.To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S. B.; q. topuzzle.
ToPouzle,v. n.To trifle, Fife.
Teut.futsel-en, nugari.
POW,s.The head, thepoll, S.Ramsay.
ToPOW,v. a.To pluck, topull, 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.
ToPrap,v. a.1. To set up as a mark, S.2.To prap stanesat 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. oftenill-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.
ToPRECELL,v. n.To excel.Lyndsay.
PRECLAIR,adj.Supereminent, Fr.Lyndsay.
ToPREFFER,v. a.To excel; Lat.praefer-o.Complaynt S.
ToPREIF, 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.
ToPrein,Prene,Prin,v. a.To pin, S.Dunbar.Ramsay.
Prein-cod,s.A pin-cushion, S.
PREIS, PRES,s.Heat of battle.Wyntown.
ToPREK, PRYK,v. n.To gallop.Douglas.
A. S.pricc-ian, Belg.prick-en, pungere.
ToPRENE,v. a.V.Prein,v.
ToPRENT,v. a.1. To print, S.Acts Marie.
Isl.prent-a, typis excudo.
2. To coin.Douglas.
Su. G.prent-a, imprimere; frompren, 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.easaiinfair, 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.
ToPREVADE,v. n.To neglect.Baillie.
ToPREVENE, PREVEEN,v. a.Toprevent.
Lat.praevenio.
Douglas.
PREVENTATIVE,s.Preventive, S.
ToPREVERT,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.
ToPrick,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. Iprickmyselfdaintily.
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.
ToPRIEVE,v. a.V.Preif.
ToPRIG,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.
ToPRYK,v. n.V.Prek.
ToPRYME,v. a.To stuff.Douglas.
PRIMSIE,s.Demure, precise, S. from E.prim.Burns.
ToPRIMP, 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.
ToPRIN,v. a.V.Prein,v.
PRYNES,s. pl.Cribs of some kind for catching fish.Acts Ja. III.
ToPRINK, To deck, to prick, S.
Teut.pronck-en, ornare.
Evergreen.
ToPRINKLE,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.
ToPRIZE 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.
ToPROCESS,v. a.To proceed legally against one, S.Baillie.
ToPROCH,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.