Chapter L: B. Potagiar-ius, coquus pulmentarius

~Pottingry~, _s._ The work of an apothecary.

_Dunbar._

POUDER, POWDER, _s._ Dust; Fr. _poudre_.

_R. Bruce._

POUERALL, PURELL, _s._ The rabble.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _povrail_, _paurail_, paupertinus.

POUNCE, _s._ Long meadow-grasses, Orkn.

_Neill._

Isl. _punt-r_, gramen barbatum, a sharp-pointed grass.

POUNE, POWNE, _s._ A peacock; S. _pownie_.

_Douglas._

Fr. _paonneau_, a young peacock.

_To_ POUNSE, PUNSE, _v. a._ To carve, to emboss.

_Douglas._

Teut. _ponts-en_, _punts-en_, caelare, scalpere.

POURIN, _s._ A very small quantity of any liquid, S., from E. _to pour_.

POURIT, _part. adj._ Impoverished.

V. ~Pure~, _v._

_Gl. Sibb._

POURPOURE, _s._ Purple.

_Douglas._

Fr. _pourpre_, id.

_To_ POUSS, _v. n._

1. To push, S.

_Bp. Forbes._

2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of washing, S.

Teut. _polss-en int water_, quatere aquas.

~Pouss~, _s._ A push, S.

Fr. _pousse_.

POUST, _s._ Bodily strength, S.

O. Fr. _poesté_, _pooste_, id.

~Pousté~, ~Powsté~, _s._ Power.

_Douglas._

_Lege poustie_, full strength, i. e. _legitima potestas_.

_Reg. Maj._

~Pousture~, _s._ Bodily ability. _To lose the pousture_ of a limb, to lose the power of it, S. B.

_Ruddiman._

POUT, _s._

1. A young partridge or moor-fowl, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Fr. _poulet_, a pullet; Lat. _pullus_.

2. The chicken of any domesticated fowl, S.

3. A young girl, a sweetheart.

_Ross._

_To_ ~Pout~, _v. n._ To shoot at young partridges; also, _to go a-pouting_, to go to shoot at _pouts_, S.

_Antiquary._

_To_ POUT, POUTER, _v. n._ To poke, to stir with a long instrument, S.

_Waverley._

Su. G. _pott-a_, digito vel baculo explorare; Belg. _poter-en_,
fodicare.

~Pout~, _s._ A poker, S. A.

~Pout-net~, _s._ A round net fastened to two poles, by means of which the fishers poke the banks of rivers, to force out the fish, S.

_Courant._

~Poutstaff~, _s._ A staff or pole used in fishing with a small net.

_Wallace._

_To_ POUZLE, _v. n._ To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S. B.; q. to _puzzle_.

_To_ ~Pouzle~, _v. n._ To trifle, Fife.

Teut. _futsel-en_, nugari.

POW, _s._ The head, the _poll_, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ POW, _v. a._ To pluck, to _pull_, S.

_Wallace._

POW, _s._ A pool.

_Sir Tristrem._

POW, POU, pron. _poo_, _s._

1. A slow-moving rivulet in flat lands, S.

_Statist. Acc._

2. A watery or marshy place, Stirlings.

_Statist. Acc._

3. A small creek, affording a landing-place for boats, Clackm.

_Statist. Acc._

4. The wharf itself, ibid.

Radically the same with E. _pool_.

POWART, _s._ A tadpole; _powrit_, Fife.

_Statist. Acc._

POW-EE, _s._ A small fresh haddock, Montrose.

POW-HEAD, _s._ A tadpole; pron. _powet_, S. _powie_, Perths.

_Gl. Tristrem._

Mod. Sax. _pogghe_, a frog, q. _pogghe-hoofd_, the head of a frog.

POWIN, _s._ The peacock.

_Evergreen._

Fr. _paon_, id.

POWLINGS, _s. pl._ Some disease.

_Montgomerie._

POWSOWDIE, _s._

1. Sheepshead broth, q. _poll-sodden_.

_Ritson._

2. Milk and meal boiled together, S. B.

PRAELOQUUTOUR, _s._ An advocate.

V. ~Prolocutor~.

PRAY, _s._ A meadow.

_Douglas._

Fr. _pré_, id. Lat. _pratum_.

PRAP, _s._ A mark, S.

V. ~Prop~.

_To_ ~Prap~, _v. a._

1. To set up as a mark, S.

2. _To prap stanes_ at any thing, to throw stones, by taking aim at some object, S. B.

PRAT, PRATT, _s._

1. A trick, S.

_Doug._

2. A wicked action, S.

_Forbes._

A. S. _praett_, craft, Isl. _prett-ur_, guile.

~Pratty~, _adj._ Tricky, S.; _pretty_, S. B. often _ill-pretty_.

_Ruddiman._

PRATTIK, PRETTIK, PRACTIK, PRACTIQUE, _s._

1. Practice, experience.

_Lyndsay._

2. A stratagem in war; _protick_, S. B.

_Douglas._

3. Form of proceeding in a court of law; a forensic term.

Fr. _practique_.

_Baillie._

4. An artful means.

_Dunbar._

5. A trick of legerdemain, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

6. A necromantic exploit, S.

_Dunbar._

7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _praktik_, craft; Mod. Sax. _practycke_, astrology.

_To_ PRECELL, _v. n._ To excel.

_Lyndsay._

PRECLAIR, _adj._ Supereminent, Fr.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ PREFFER, _v. a._ To excel; Lat. _praefer-o_.

_Complaynt S._

_To_ PREIF, PRIEVE, PREVE, PREE, _v. a._

1. To prove.

_Douglas._

2. To taste; corr. _prie_, S.

_Pal. Hon._

3. To find by examination.

_Wallace._

PREYNE, PRENE, PREIN, PRINE, PRIN, _s._

1. A pin made of wire, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A thing of no value, S.

_Wallace._

Su. G. Dan. _pren_, any sharp instrument; Isl. _prionn_, a needle,
or large pin.

_To_ ~Prein~, ~Prene~, ~Prin~, _v. a._ To pin, S.

_Dunbar._ _Ramsay._

~Prein-cod~, _s._ A pin-cushion, S.

PREIS, PRES, _s._ Heat of battle.

_Wyntown._

_To_ PREK, PRYK, _v. n._ To gallop.

_Douglas._

A. S. _pricc-ian_, Belg. _prick-en_, pungere.

_To_ PRENE, _v. a._

V. ~Prein~, _v._

_To_ PRENT, _v. a._

1. To print, S.

_Acts Marie._

Isl. _prent-a_, typis excudo.

2. To coin.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _prent-a_, imprimere; from _pren_, a graving tool.

~Prent~, _s._

1. Print, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. Impression of a die.

_Acts Ja. III._

3. A deep impression made on the mind.

_Wallace._

4. Likeness.

_Douglas._

~Prentar~, _s._ A printer.

PRES, _s._ Throng.

V. ~Preis~.

PRESERVES, _s. pl._ Spectacles which magnify little or nothing, S.

PRESOWNE, _s._ A prisoner.

_Wyntown._

PRESSYT. L. _prissyt_, praised.

_Barbour._

PREST, PRETE, _part. pa._ Ready. Fr.

_Douglas._

PRESTABLE, _adj._ Payable.

_Act Sed._

Fr. _prest-er_, Lat. _praest-are_.

PRETTY, _adj._

1. Small; pron. _e_ as _ai_ in _fair_, S. B.

2. Including the idea of neatness, conjoined with smallness of size, S. B.

3. Mean, contemptible.

_Douglas._

4. Handsome, well-made, S.

_Spalding._

5. Polite, accomplished, S.

V. ~Proty~.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

PRETTY-DANCERS, _s. pl._ The aurora borealis, S. B.

_To_ PREVADE, _v. n._ To neglect.

_Baillie._

_To_ PREVENE, PREVEEN, _v. a._ To _prevent_.

Lat. _praevenio_.

_Douglas._

PREVENTATIVE, _s._ Preventive, S.

_To_ PREVERT, _v. a._ To anticipate.

Lat. _praevert-o_.

_Douglas._

PREVES, _pl._

1. Proofs.

2. Witnesses.

_Acts Ja. VI._

PRYCE, PRICE, PRYS, PREIS, _s._

1. Praise.

_Henrysone._

Su. G. _prisa_, Dan. _prise_, Belg. _prijs_, id.

2. Prize.

Teut. _prijs_, pretium.

_Douglas._

PRICK, _s._

1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a pudding, S.

_Kelly._

2. An iron spoke.

_Mellvill's MS._

_To_ ~Prick~, _v. a._ To fasten by a wooden skewer.

_Kelly._

~Pricksworth~, _s._ Any thing of the lowest imaginable value, S.

PRICKED HAT, part of the dress required of those who bore arms in this country.

_Acts Ja. II._

PRICKER, _s._ The basking shark, S. B.

_Brand._

PRICKER, _s. pl._ A light horseman.

V. ~Prek~.

_Spotswood._

PRICKMEDAINTY, _s._ One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I _prick_ myself _daintily_.

Teut. _pryck-en_, ornare.

PRICKSANG, _s._ Pricksong.

_Pal. Hon._

PRIDEFOW, _adj._ Proud, S.

PRIDYEAND, _part. pr._

_Houlate._

Q. setting themselves off. Su. G. _pryd-a_, id.

PRIEST.

_To be one's priest_, to kill him, S. B.

_To_ PRIEVE, _v. a._

V. ~Preif~.

_To_ PRIG, _v. n._

1. To haggle, S.

_Doug._

2. To importune, S. B.

_P. Buch. Dial._

Belg. _prachg-en_, to beg.

~Prigging~, _s._

1. Haggling, S.

_Rutherford._

2. Entreaty, S.

_To_ PRYK, _v. n._

V. ~Prek~.

_To_ PRYME, _v. a._ To stuff.

_Douglas._

PRIMSIE, _s._ Demure, precise, S. from E. _prim_.

_Burns._

_To_ PRIMP, To deck one's self in a stiff and affected manner.

~Primpit~, _part. pa._

1. Stiffly and affectedly dressed, S.

2. Ridiculously stiff in demeanour, S.

Su. G. _pramper-a_, to be proud.

_To_ PRIN, _v. a._

V. ~Prein~, _v._

PRYNES, _s. pl._ Cribs of some kind for catching fish.

_Acts Ja. III._

_To_ PRINK, To deck, to prick, S.

Teut. _pronck-en_, ornare.

_Evergreen._

_To_ PRINKLE, _v. n._ To thrill, to tingle, S.

_Hogg._ _Kelly._

PRINTS, _s. pl._ Newspapers, S.

PRYS, _s._ Praise.

V. ~Pryce~.

PRIVY SAUGH, Common privet, S.

_Lightfoot._

_To_ PRIZE UP, _v. a._ To force open a lock or door, S.

Fr. _press-er_, to force.

PROBATIONER, _s._ One who is licensed to preach in public, as preparatory to his being called by any congregation, S.

_Acts Assembly._

_To_ PROCESS, _v. a._ To proceed legally against one, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ PROCH, _v. a._ To approach.

_Wallace._

Fr. _proche_, near.

PROCHANE, PROCHENE, _adj._ Neighbouring, Fr.

_Complaynt S._

PROCURATOR, _s._

1. An advocate in a court of law.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. _procutor_, S.