_ a stick wherewith a ploughman clears
away the earth which adheres to his plough.
PAUK, _s._ art; wile.
PAUKY, _adj._ sly; artful.
PAWMIE, _s._ a stroke on the hand with the ferula.
PAWN, _s._ a narrow curtain fixed to the roof or bottom
part of a bed.
PAY, _s._ a drubbing.
PAYS-EGGS, _s. pl._ eggs boiled in dye of various colours,
and given to children to amuse themselves during Easter.
PEARIE, _s._ a pegtop in the shape of a pear.
PEARLIN, _s._ a species of thread lace.
_To_ PECH, _v. n._. to puff; to pant.
PEEL, PEIL, _s._ a place of strength; a Border tower.
_To_ PEENGE, PINGE, _v. n._ to whine; to complain.
PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, _s._ the lapwing.
PEG, _s._ a stroke.
_To_ PEG OFF or AWAY, _v. n._ to run off quickly.
PENCH, PENCHE, _s._ the belly. _Penches_, tripe.
PEND, _s._ an archway.
PENDICLE, _s._ a small piece of ground.
PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, _s._ a wedding at which those
who attend pay money for their entertainment.
PENNYSTANE, _s._ a flat stone used as a quoit.
PEPE, PEEP, _s._ the chirp of a bird.
PERJINK, _adj._ precise.
PERNICKITIE, _adj._ precise in trifles.
_To_ PETTLE, _s._ to fondle.
_To_ PEW, PEU, _v. n._ the mournful sound emitted by
birds.
PHILIBEG, _s._ See FILIBEG.
_To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v.
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