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HAMPSHIRE OLOSSART. SS Ovest [oa'vest], sh. 'the mast and acorns of the oak aie collectively known as the turn-out or oveti,^ — Wise, New Forest^ p. 163. Owl [oul], sb^ (I) The tiger-moth. — Wise, New Forest (note on Coope^. (2) Any small white moth. — ^W. See Miller. Ox-bird [oks-burd], sb, (1) The ringed-plover; Charadriue hicdieida^ ' Linn. ' Known, in the neighbourhood of Christchuroh and Lyming* ton, as the oxbird.^ — ^Wise, New Forest^ p. 312. (2) The common sand-piper. — W. Oxlip [oksiip], Primula elatior of English authors; t. e. a caules* cent form of F, vulgaris, not the' true P. elatior, J. B. — ^Holloway's Dictionary, Oyster [oi'sturl, sb, the blade-bone of veal dressed with the meat on«  — Cooper. Ci, oxter, the arm-pit; ^ E. D. S. Gloss. B. 15. Facking-penny-day [pakin-pen*i*dai], eb. The last day of the fairs formerly held at Portsmouth, and on Portsdown-hill, was so called, on which flurticles were supposed to be bought greater bargains. — ^F. M. Paddle [pad*l], sb, a hoe with a straight blade. — N, H. Paddle, v, a, to trample in the diri — J. Paddy [pad-i], adj, worm-eaten. — ^Lewis. Palmer-worm [paa'mur-wurm], sb. a caterpillar. See A. Y, Amoa iv. 9.-— Wise, New Forest, p. 193. Palms [paamz], sb, pi, catkins of various species of Salix, — J. B. Pank [pank], v, n, to pant. Ex. ' He do pank so.' — N. H. Panshard, Ponshard [pansh'urd, ponsh-urd], sb. a passion, a rage. Ex. ' You have no need to get into a pamhard,* — ^Wise, New Forest, Pasmets [pas'mets], sb,pl, parsnips. *Ak. Passel [pas'ul], sb, a parcel — J. Patohy [pach*i1, adj, testy, uncertain in temper. Said of people who proverbially blow hot and cold. — ^Wise, New Forests Paz [paksl, sb, a friend. Ex. ' Have pax/ an invitation to make up a quarrel — Adams* WykeJiamica, p. 429. [Evidently Pax ^ peace.] Peaked [pee-ked], adj. (1) Bunning to a point. Ex. 'A peaked piece ' = a triangular field. (2) Delicate in appearance. Ex. ' To look peaked.* Always pro- nounced as a dissyllable. — ^N. H. Peakish, acy. See Piokish. Peal [peel], sb. a species of satirical comment on any one's personal appearance, character, or actions^ put into a terse and epigrammatio form, and delivered three times m succession, in a measured tone, as a kind of chant. — ^Adams* Wykehamica, p. 429. Cf. Eng. peal, 'to assail noisily ; * and see Peel. ^ I believe oxter also means ' shoulder-blade.'— W. W. S.