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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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