Glossary of Latin Words.
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- punctum:—the fourth or fifth part of an hour.
- pundfalda:—a pound, a pinfold.
- pundo:—a pinder.
- punfauda. See pundfalda.
- puniata:—a handful.
- punicare:—to paint red.
- punio. See punzunus.
- puntum:—a point; the chape of a scabbard.
- punzunus:—a punshion, stud or quarter, an upright timber used in building houses.
- puralla:—purlieu.
- purare:—to clear (ground).
- purcachium, purchacia:—purchase, acquisition.
- purcivandus:—a poursuivant.
- purgacium:—purchase.
- purila:—the tip of the nose.
- purportare:—to extend.
- purportum:—purport.
- purprestura:—pourpresture, encroachment.
- purprisa, purprisum:—an enclosure.
- purpunctus:—a doublet. (Fr. pourpoint. )
- putacius:—a polecat.
- putagium:—fornication.
- putura:—food for cattle, &c.; food for men, horses, and hounds, exacted by officers of a forest from the inhabitants; timber.
- pyrgus:—a dice-box.
- pyritegium:—curfew.
- pyxis:—a pyx, a casket to contain the Host.
Q.
- quaccum:—cream.
- quachetus:—a sort of bread used in Scotland.
- quactum:—cream.
- quadra:—a square loaf; a quarter of a loaf.
- quadragena:—forty; a period of forty days.
- quadragesima:—Lent.
- quadragesimalia:—Easter offerings; or a rate paid in their stead.
- quadrans:—a farthing.
- quadrantata:—the quarter of an acre, a farthingdeal.
- quadraria:—a quarel or quarry of glass; a stone quarry.
- quadrellus:—a quarel, a square-headed bolt; a carrell, a small chamber for study in the cloister of a monastery.
- quadrigarius:—wide enough for a waggon.
- quadriporticus:—a peristyle.
- quæsta:—an indulgence; a tax.
- quæstabilis:—taxable.
- quæstionarius:—a collector of alms; a seller of indulgences.
- quæstus:—acquired by purchase.
- qualificare:—to entitle; to describe.
- qualus:—a thead, a strainer used in brewiug.
- quarellus. See quadrellus.
- quarentena:—quarentine, a space of forty days; Lent; a shot or shute, i.e., a square furlong, a space of 40 perches.
