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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."


OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, _s._ the refuse.
_To_ OUTWAIR, _v. a._ to expend.
OUTWITH, _prep_, without; on the outer side or exterior;
outwards; out from.
OVERLY, _adj._ careless.
OWKLY, _adj._ weekly.
OXTAR, OXTER, _s._ the armpit.

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PACKMAN, _s._ a pedlar.
PADDOCK-STOOL, _s._ a toad-stool; agaricus in general.
PAFFLE, _s._ a small landed estate.
PAFFLER, _s._ a farmer of a small estate.
_To_ PAIK, _v. a._. to beat; to drub.
PAIKER, _s. a causey-paiker_, a street-walker.
PAILIN, PAILING, _s._ a fence of stakes.
PAINCHES, _s._ tripe.
PALAVER, _s._ idle talk.
_To_ PALE, _v. a._ to make an incision in cheese to
try its quality.
PALLACH, _s._ a porpoise; a lusty person.
PAND, _s._ a pledge.
PAN-KAIL, _s._ broth made of cole-worts, thickened with
oatmeal.
PANNEL, _s._ one brought to the bar of a court for trial.
PAP-O'-THE-HASS, s. uvula.
PAPE, PAIP, _s._ the pope.
PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, _s._ a parrot.
PARITCH, PARRITCH, _s._ hasty-pudding; oatmeal and water
boiled together.
PARROT-COAL, _s._ cannel coal which burns clearly.
PARTAN, _s._ the common edible crab.
PARTICATE, _s._ a rood of land.
PARTRICK, PATRICK, _s._ a partridge.
PAT, _pret_. of put.
_To_ PATTER, _s._ to mutter uninterruptedly.
PATTLE, PETTLE, _s.


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