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shape and kindled at the top," still used in Forf., var. poother deil
- Peel-wersh, -welsh, 150, sickly in appearance, peel=peerie, small, thin and wersh, insipid
- Peeler, 140, crab when changing its shell
- Peelie-wally, 150, syn. peel-wersh
- Peen, preen, 81, 93, a pin, Gael. prine, A.S. preon, Ger. Pfriem, an awl, Ic. prioun, Ic. prjoun, a needle
"I'd locked my heart in a case of gowd,
An' preened it wi' a siller preen.
"Ball."
- Peer, peerie, 127, 132, 133, 155, Orc. little—"A peerie, byauch, small child or a puny calf," Orc.—Jam.
- Peerie or peerlie-winkie, 136, 150, the little finger, N. peerie, small; syn. croonie-doodlie, pirlié-winkle, pinkie; "not given in Jam. An' wee croonie-doodlie pays for a'." (J. B. F.). See crine
- Pees-weet, 125, 156, peesweip, peeweip; echoic word, sometimes given as Sc-Fr. from "dix-huit!" the bird's cry
- Pell, 71, Fi. very salt. Jam. "as bitter's pell, as salt's pell." See fill
- Pennies each, 85, 94, 167, idiom
- Pennart, 140
- Penny, 67, in proverb
- Penny whaup, 132, var. of whip, weakest kind of small beer
- Perjink, 136, finical, particular
- Phillybags, 178, Cu.
- Pickeln, 71, to play the fool; pickle, in a sorry plight; Du. pekel, "pekelen," Ger. Pökel, brine, pökeln
- Pieg, 70, Orc., var. of pug, a form of puck, an imp
- Pig, 92, an earthen vessel. Gael. pigadh, pigeadh, piggin; history obsc.
- Pillow-cod, 58, pillow slip. See cod
- Pioo, 70, Orc. small quantity. See peeay
- Pirlie-pig, 130, earthenware vessel for keeping money; var. of peerie, small, and pig, a pot. See pig and misert-pig. Not in N.E.D.
- Place, 212, C. Du., Ger. Platz, Lat. platea. Go. platijo, street-corner, a borr. word
- Playfares, 127, companions
- Play yersels, 169, Fi. give yourselves play-time
- Pley, 72, a quarrel, plea
- Pliskie, 139, a mischievous trick. N.E.D. "or. unknown"
"Pretty pliskies you've been at the day."
Stevenson, "Wrong Box."
- Ploat, 66, 67, 116, 130, 133, to scald, soak; app. var. of plout, plouter, to splash
- Plooms, 163, plums
- Ploy, 171, a social frolic, A.S. plegan, to play. N.E.D. "of uncert. or."
- Plunk, 122, to play truant, Du. plencken, to straggle, wander. N.E.D. "or. obsc."
- Plural, 94, in distributive sense
- Plural present in verb, 168, in s
- Poalie-finger, 66, Fi. a lame finger. Jam. "paulie, feeble, lame; subst. slow, inactive person; paulie-footit, flat-footed." Not in N.E.D.
- Poddlies, 140, young cole-fish
- Poinding, 72, Sc. law, pünd, O.E. pyndan, to enclose in the pind or pound
- Pointet, 88, tidy
- Policy, 94, pleasure grounds. "This sense influenced by politus, polished, late Lat. polities, elegancy."—N.E.D.
- Poother, 14, powder
- Popular sayings, 197
- Portioner, 72, Sc. law, feuar, small landowner
- Pothy, 176, apothecary
- Pots, 187, Cu.
- Pouk, powk, 71, a pustule; prob. Teut. stem, pug, puk, to swell up, pug, a monkey, Puck, a sprite. Of Celt. or. Du. and Ger. spuk, N. spjok, represent Scand. development. Pixie—"or. obsc." N.E.D. See spook
- Praett, 93, guile, trick. A.S., praetig, cunning, Norse pretta, a trick, Sc. protticks, Eng. pretty, not Ger. prächtig
- Prappin, 124, setting up as a mark for stone-throwing. There is a Gael. prap, quick, sudden. Not in N.E.D.
