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PAYMENT, _s._ Drubbing, S.
_Barbour._
PAINCHES, _s. pl._ Tripe, S.
V. ~Penche~.
_To_ PAYNE, PANE, _v. n._ To be at pains.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _se pein-er_, to trouble one's self.
PAYNE, _adj._ Pagan.
Fr. _payen_.
_Doug._
PAYNt.i.t. L. _paytent_, patent.
_Bannatyne P._
PAIP, _s._ Thistledown?
_Montgomerie._
Fr. _pappe_, id.; or q. _papingay_, q. v.
PAIP, _s._ A cherry-stone picked clean, and used in a game of children, S.
E. _pip_; Fr. _pepin_, the seed of fruit.
_To_ PAIR, _v. a._
V. ~Pare~.
PAIRTLES, _adj._ Free from.
_Henrysone._
PAIS, _s. pl._ Retribution.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ PAIS, PASE, _v. a._
1. To poise.
_Douglas._
2. To lift up.
_Chr. Kirk._
Fr. _pes-er_, Ital. _pes-are_, to weigh.
~Paisses~, _s. pl._ The weights of a clock, S.
V. ~Pace~.
_Z. Boyd._
PAYS, PAS, PASE, PASCE, PASK, PASCH, _s._ Easter; p.r.o.n. as _pace_, S. B.
elsewhere as _peace_.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _pascha_, A. S. _pasche_, &c. id.
~Pascheewyn~, _s._ The evening preceding Easter.
_Barbour._
~Pays-eggs~, Eggs dyed of various colours, given to children to amuse themselves with at the time of Easter, S.
Dan. _paaske-egg_, coloured eggs; Belg. _pasch-eyeren_, ova paschalia.
~Patsyad~, _s._ A contemptuous term for a female who has nothing new to appear in at Easter; originating from the custom which prevails among Episcopalians, of having a new dress for this festival, S. B.
From _Pays_, and perh. _yad_, an old mare.
PAITHMENT, _s._ The pastures.
_Wallace._
