68 HAMPSHIRE QLOSaABY. Plaih, Plnih, v, to partially cut off the branches of a hedge, and entwine tiiem with those left upright *Ak. (who giyes the form plaah ; Mr. Wise adds the form plush). Of . E. to pleach. I never heard it pronounced otherwise than plaah in EEampshire. — ^W. H. C. Flay [plai], v, to swarm as young bees do, — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 184. Plim [plim], 17. to swelL *Ak. Barley is plim, when it is fall.— Wise. U sed sJjbo of poultry. Ex. If'owls or ducks are said to * plim up well ' in roasting. — ^N. H. Ploek [plok], sh. a block of wood. — Wise, New Foresi, p. 163. 'A Ohrisianas ploek* the yule-log. — ^W. Plongh-stilts [plou-stiltsl, eKpl. the handles of a plough. Ex. 'When he be walking between the phugh-vUlU.^ — Horace Smith's New Forest, a novel, 1829, iL p. 25. Foaoh [poach], v, to tread damp ground into holes and foot-prints, as by cattle. Podge [poj]» eh, a blow, a nudge, a belly-winder, Ex. ' Til give you a podge in the guts.* — F. M. Poke [poak], (1) v. n. To point the head forwards, in a stiff way.
- He goes poking along.' — Dooper. Com.
(2) v. a. to tmrust. ' The cow poked him with her hom&' — Cooper. Com. Pole-ring rpoal-ringl, eh, the ring which secures the blade of a scythe to the pole or handle. See Snead. Pollard [pol'urd], eh. a large post — ^F. M. I never heard the word applied in North Hants to anything but a tree whose branches have been cut off.— W. H. C. Pomewater [poam-wauturl, sh, a large apple, tempting to the sight, but excessively sour. Described by Shakespeare, Love's Labow'e Lost, iv. 2. In the old ballad. Blue Cap for me, we have : — ^ Whose cheeks did resemble two roas^g pomewaters,* Shakeepeare's Birthplace, by J. B. Wise, p. 99. Pon-shard, Panshard [pon-shurd, pan'shurd], sh. a fragment of broken earthenware. See Shard. *Ak. Also see Punchard. Ponto [pon'toal sh, a lump of soft bread kneaded into a balL — Adams' Wykehamica, p. 430. Pook [pook], V, to thrust with the homs. — J. Pooka [pooks], sh.pl, haycocks. N and Q, Ist Ser. x. 120. See Puck. Poor man's weather-glass [poor manz wedhur-glaas], sh. AnagaUU arveneis, — J. B. Pop [pop], sh. a smart blow. — ^W, Ex. ' Gie that post ekpop on the head^wr a Hghtle.' Pop, V. to strike ; ' to pop a child,' to whip it. — W. Poppers [popiiTz], sh. Digitalis purpurea. 'In Hampshire it is very well known by the name of Poppers ; because if you hold the broad ond of the flower close between your finger and thumb, and
