Chapter L: B. polena, pars qua genua muniuntur

PULL LING, _s._ A moss plant, S.

PULLISEE, _s._ A pulley, S. _pullishee_.

_Ramsay._

PULOCHS, _s. pl._ Patches, S. B.

Mod. Sax. _pulten_, id.

PULTRING, _part. adj._ Rutting, Perths.

Fr. _poultre_, a horse-colt.

_To_ PUMP, _v. n._ To break wind softly behind, S.

Isl. _prump-a_, pedere.

~Pump~, _s._ The act of breaking wind softly, S.

_To_ PUNCH, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.

Sw. _bunk-a_, cum sonitu ferire.

~Punch~, _s._ A jog, a slight push, S.

PUNDELAYN, _s._

_Barbour._

Fr. _Pantaleon_, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.

PUNDIE, _s._ A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a _pound_ weight of water.

PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, _s._ An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.

_Barry._

Su. G. _pundare_, statera; from _pund_, libra.

PUNDLER, PUNLER, _s._

1. A distrainer, Ang.

V. ~Poinder~.

_Bann. MS._

2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.

_To_ PUNGE, _v. a._

V. ~Punye~.

PUNGER, _s._ A species of crab.

_Sibbald._

PUNYE, _s._ A small body of men.

_Barbour._

Fr. _poignée de gens_, a handful of people.

_To_ PUNYE, PUNGE, _v. a._

1. To pierce.

_Wallace._

2. To sting.

_Fordun._

3. To sting; applied to the mind.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _poign-er_, Lat. _pungere_.

PUNYOUN, _s._ Side, party.

V. ~Opinion~.

_Wallace._

PUNSIS, PUNCIS, _s. pl._ Pulses.

Corr. from _pulse_.

_Montgomerie._

PURCHES, _s._

1. An amour.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _porchaz_, intrigue.

2. Space for exertion, S.

3. _To live on_ one's _purchase_, to live by one's wits, S.

PURE, PUIR, _adj._ Poor, S.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _poure_, id.

~Puirlie~, _adv._ Humbly.

_K. Hart._

~Pure man~, _s._ A beggar, S.

_K. Quair._

To ~Pure~, ~Puir~, _v. a._ To impoverish.

_Wallace._

PURED, _part. adj._ Furred.

_Sir Gawan._

PURELLIS, _s. pl._

V. ~Pouerall~.

PURFLED, PURFILLIT, _part. adj._ Short-winded, S.

PURIE, _s._ A small meagre person, Orkney.

PURLE, _s._ A pearl.

_Watson._

PURL, _s._

1. A portion of the dung of sheep or horses, S.

_Ess. Highland Soc._

Su. G. _porl-a_, scaturire.

2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A.

PURLICUE, PARLICUE, _s._

1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd.

Fr. _pour le queue_, q. for the tail.

2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.

PURLIE-PIG, _s._

V. ~Pirlie-pig~.

PURPOSE-LIKE, _adj._ Apparently well qualified for any business, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

PURPRESTRE, _s._ A violation of the property of a superior.

_Reg. Maj._

Fr. _pourprendre_, invadere.

PURRAY, PURRY, _s._ A species of fur.

Fr. _fourrée_, id.

_Acts Ja. I._

PURRY, _s._ A kind of porridge, Aberd.

_Pop. Ball._

PURRING-IRNE, _s._ A poker, Ang.

Teut. _poyer-en_, fodicare.

PURSY, _s._ Short-breathed and fat.

O. Fr. _pourcif_, id.

_Gl. Sibb._

PURSILL, _s._ As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q. _purse-fill_.

PURS-PYK, _s._ A pickpocket.

_Dunbar._

PURTYE, POORTITH, _s._ Poverty.

S. O. Fr. _poureté_.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ PUT, _v. n._ To push with the head or horns, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _bott-en_, C. B. _pwt-iaw_, id.

To ~Put~ _at_, _v. a._ To push against.

_Knox._

To ~Put~ _on_, _v. a._ To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.

_Leg. St Androis._

~Put~, ~Putt~, _s._

1. A thrust, a push, S.

_Knox._

2. Metaph. an attempt.

_Pennecuik._

_To_ ~Put~, _v. n._ To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S.

_Ramsay._