Chapter L: B. pomell-us, globulus

POYNYE, POYNYHÉ, POYHNÉ, PONYHÉ, s. A skirmish.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _poignée_, id. Lat. _pugna_.

PONYEAND, _adj._ Piercing.

_Wallace._

Fr. _poignant_, id.

PONNYIS, _s._ Weight, influence; Teut. _pondigh_, ponderosus.

_Gl. Sibb._

PONNYIS, Leg. _pennyis_, money.

_Houlate._

POO, _s._ A crab, E. Loth. _Pulloch_, Ang.

O. Fr. _pole_, sorte de poisson.

POORTITH, _s._ Poverty.

V. ~Purtye~.

POPE'S KNIGHTS, _s. pl._ A designation formerly given to priests of the church of Rome, who were at the same time distinguished by the title of _Sir_.

V. ~Schir~.

_Spotswood._

POPIL, _s._ A poplar.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _peuple_, Lat. _Popul-us_, id.

POPIL, _adj._ Perhaps plebeian.

Teut. _popel_, plebs.

_Bellenden._

POPINGOE, _s._

V. ~Papejay~.

_To_ POPLE, PAPLE, _v. a._

1. To bubble up like water, expressing also the noise of ebullition, S.

_Douglas._

2. To boil with indignation, S. B.

V. ~Paple~.

Teut. _popel-en_, murmur edere, C. B. _pwmbl-u_, to bubble, _pwmpl_,
a bubble.

POPLESY, _s._ Apoplexy.

_Bellenden._

Teut. _popelcije_, id.

POPPILL, POPPLE, _s._ Corn campion or cockle, S. _papple_, C. B. _popple_, id.

_Bannatyne Poems._

POR, _s._ A thrust with a sword.

Teut. _porr-en_, urgere.

_Mellvill's MS._

PORRIDGE, _s._ Hasty-pudding; oat-meal, sometimes barley-meal, stirred on the fire in boiling water till it be considerably thickened, S.

_Stat. Acc._

PORT, _s._ A catch, a lively tune, Gael. id. S.

_Kelly._

~Port-youl~, ~Port-yeull~. _To sing Port-youl_, to cry, S.

_Kelly._

_Port_, and _youl_ to cry.

PORTAGE, _s._ Cargo put onboard ship, Fr.

_Douglas._

POTATIBUS, not understood.

_Houlate._

PORTEOUS, PORTUOS, PORTOWIS, PORTUISROLL, _s._ A list of persons indicted to appear before the Justiciary Aire, given by the Justice-clerk to the Coroner, that he might attach them in order to their appearance.

_Acts Ja. I._

Probably from Fr. _port-er_, as being carried to the _Aires_ or
circuit-courts; O. Fr. _porteis_, portatif.

PORTIONER, _s._ One who possesses part of a property which has been originally divided among co-heirs.

V. ~Parsenere~.

_Stat. Acc._

PORTURIT, _adj._ Pourtrayed.

_Doug._

PORTUS, _s._ A skeleton, Ang.

POSE, POIS, POISE, _s._ A secret hoard of money, S.

_Knox._

A. S. _posa_, Dan. _pose_, Su. G. _posse_, a purse.

POSNETT, _s._ A bag in which money is put; q. a _net_ used as a _purse_.

_Burr. Lawes._

_To_ POSS, _v. a._ To push; S. _pouss_.

V. ~Pouss~.

_Douglas._

Fr. _pouss-er_, Lat. _pulsare_.

POSSODY, _s._ A term of endearment, used ludicrously.

V. ~Powsowdie~.

_Evergreen._

_To_ POSTULE, _v. a._ To elect one for a bishop who is not in all points duly eligible.

L. B. _postulari_.

_Wyntown._

POSTROME, _s._ A postern.

_Bellenden._

L. B. _posturium_, id.

_To_ POT, _v. a._ To stew in a pot, S.

POT, POTT, _s._

1. A pit, a dungeon.

_Douglas._

2. A pond or pit full of water, S.

_Rudd._

3. A pool or deep place in a river, S.

_Ruddiman._

4. A deep hole scooped out in a rock, by the eddies of a river, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

5. A moss-hole from whence peats have been dug.

V. ~Pete-pot~.

Teut. _put_, fovea; lacuna, palus; given as synon. with _pool_.

POTARDS, _s. pl._ L. dotards.

_More._

POTENT, _adj._ Wealthy, q. powerful in money, S.

_Priests Peblis._

POTENT, _s._

1. A gibbet.

_Compl. S._

2. A crutch.

_Gl. Sibb._

Fr. _potence_, a gibbet; also a crutch.

POTTINGAR, _s._ An apothecary.

_Evergreen._