An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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Sw. _utot_, outwards; A. S. _oth_, versus; frequently used in composition.

~Outwith~, _adv._

1. Abroad, S.

_Ross._

2. Outwards.

_Barbour._

OUZEL, OUSEL, _s._ The Sacrament of the Supper, Peebles.

E. _housel_, A. S. _husl_, the sacrifice of the Mass; Isl. _husl_, oblatio.

OWE, _prep._ Above.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ufa_, Isl. _ofa_, supra.

_To_ OWERWEIL, _v. a._

V. ~Ourweill~.

OWKLY, _adj._ Weekly, S.

V. ~Oulk~.

_Macneill._

_To_ OWRE-HALE, _v. a._ To overlook.

_Montgomerie._

Sw. _oejwerhael-ja_, to cover.

OWRESKALIT, _part. pa._ Overspread.

V. ~Skale~.

_Dunbar._

OWREHIP, _s._ A blow with the hammer brought over the arm, S. O.

_Burns._

OWRIE, _adj._ Chill.

V. ~Oorie~.

_To_ OWRN, _v. a._ To adorn.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _orn-er_, id.

OWT, _adj._ Exterior.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _yte_, exterus.

OWTH, _prep._ Above, over.

_Wyntown._

OWTING, _s._ An expedition.

_Barbour._

OXEE, OX-EYE, _s._ The Tit-mouse, S.

_Complaynt S._

OXGATE, OXENGATE, _s._ An ox-gang of land.

_Skene._

From _ox_ and _gate_, iter.

OXPENNY, _s._ A tax in Shetl.

_Stat. Acc._

OXTAR, OXTER, _s._

1. The armpit, S.

_Bellenden._

2. Used in a looser sense for the arm, S.

A. S. _oxtan_, Teut. _oxtel_, id.

_Dunbar._

OZELLY, _adj._ Swarthy, resembling an _ousel_, Loth.

P

_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.