An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Burns._
PECHLE, _s._ (gutt.) A budget carried clandestinely, Loth.
Su. G. _packa_, sarcina. Germ. _paeck-lin_, fasciculus.
PEDDIR, PEDDER, _s._ A pedlar.
_Douglas._
L. B. _pedar-ius_, nudis ambulans pedibus.
_To_ PEEL, PEIL, _v. a._ To equal, to match, Loth, S. O.
Teut. _peyl-en_, to measure.
~Peel~, ~Peil~, _s._ A match, Loth. S. O.
_Hamilton._
PEEL, _s._ A pool, S. B.
_Ross._
PEEL, _s._ A place of strength.
V. ~Pele~.
PEELIE, _adj._ Thin, meagre, S.
Fr. _pele_, q. peeled; or C. B. _pelaid_, weak, sickly.
_To_ PEENGE, PINGE, _v. n._
1. To complain, to whine, S.
_Flemyng._
2. To pretend poverty, S.
Teut. _pynigh-en_, affligere.
_To_ PEEP, _v. n._ To pule.
V. ~Pepe~, _s._
_To_ PEER, _v. a._ To equal, S.
_Burns._
Fr. _pair_, a match.
PEERIE, _adj._ Small, Ork. Shetl. Fife, E. Loth.
~Peeriewirrie~, _adj._ Very small, Orkn.
PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, _s._ A lapwing, S.
_Statist. Acc._
From the sound; or allied to Sw. _wipa_, id.
_To_ PEG _off_, or _away_, _v. n._ To go off quickly, Loth. Dumfr.
PEG, _s._ A stroke, Loth. Dumfr.
Isl. _piack-a_, frequenter pungo.
PEGIL, _s._ The dirty work of a house, Ang.
Isl. _pijke_, puella.
PEGRALL, PYGRALL, _s._ Paltry.
_Lyndsay._
PEIL, _s._ A place of strength.
V. ~Pele~.
_To_ PEILE, PELE, _v. a. To packe or peile fish_.
