_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. πληκτρον, 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._