Part 36
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.