Chapter 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.

_Z. Boyd._

PETE-POT, _s._ A hole from which _peats_ have been dug, S.

_Wyntown._

Teut. _put_, lacuna.

PETER'S STAFF (~St.~), Orion's sword, a constellation.

_Ruddiman._

PETH, _s._ A steep and narrow way, S.

A. S. _paeth_, semita, callis.

_Barbour._

PETTAIL, PITTALL, _s._ Rabble attending an army.

_Barbour._

Fr. _pitaud_, a clown; _pietaille_, infanterie.

PETTLE, _s._

V. ~Pattle~.

PEUAGE, PEUIS, PEUISCHE, _adj._ Mean, dastardly.

_Douglas._

~Peuagely~, _adv._ Carelessly.

_Douglas._

PEW, _s._ The plaintive cry of birds.

_Lyndsay._

_He canna play pew_, he is unfit for any thing, S.

_Ramsay._

To ~Pew~, ~Peu~, _v. n._

1. To emit a mournful sound, applied to birds.

_Compl. S._

O. Fr. _piaul-er_, id.

2. To peep or mutter.

_Lyndsay._

PEWTENE, _s._ Trull.

_Philotus._

Fr. _putain_, Isl. _puta_, scortum.

PHARIS, _s._ Pharaoh's.

_Godly Sangs._

PHILIBEG, _s._

V. ~Filibeg~.

PHINOC, _s._ A species of grey trout.

V. ~Finnack~.

_Pennant._

PHIOLL, _s._

V. ~Fyell~.

PITHONES, _s._ A Pythoness, a witch.

_Barbour._

_To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v. a._ To talk of with boasting.

_Rutherford._

~Phraser~, _s._

1. A braggart, braggadocio.

_Bp. Galloway._

2. A wheedling person, S.

To ~Phraise~, _v. n._ To use wheedling language, S.

~Phraise~, ~Fraise~, _s. To mak a phraise_,

1. To pretend interest in another, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

2. To use flattery, S.

_R. Galloway._

3. Falsely to pretend to do a thing, to exhibit an appearance without real design, S.

_Baillie._

4. To make great shew of reluctance, when one is really inclined, S.

_Ross._

5. To talk more of a matter than it deserves, S.

_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.