Chapter 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._
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