Chapter 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._