An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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PELURE, PILLOUR, _s._ Costly fur.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _pelure_, peau; Roquef.
PENCH, PENCHE, _s._
1. Belly.
_Semple._
2. _Penches_, pl. the common name for tripe, S.
PEND, _s._
1. An arch, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. The arch of heaven.
_Chron. S. P._
Lat. _pend-ere_; Fr. _pend-re_.
PENDE, _s._ A pendant.
_Douglas._
PENDICE _of a buckle_, that which receives the one latchet, before the shoe be straitened by means of the other, S.
~Pendle~, _s._ The same.
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _pendille_, that which hangs.
PENDICLE, _s._ A pendant.
_Baillie._
L. B. _pendiclum_, id.
PENDICLE, _s._
1. A small piece of ground, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. A church dependant on another.
L. B. _pendicularis_, capella.
_Stat. Acc._
~Pendicler~, _s._ An inferior tenant, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ PENE, PEYNE, POYNE, PYNE, _v. a._ To forge.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _paen-a_, to extend, Isl. id. to strike with a hammer.
PENHEAD, _s._ The upper part of a _mill-lead_, where the water is carried off from the dam to the mill, S.
_Law Case._
A. S. _penn-an_, includere.
PENKLE, _s._ A rag or fragment, Perths.
Lat. _pannicul-us_, id.
_To_ PENNY, _v. n._ To fare, S. B.
_Ross._
PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, _s._ A wedding at which the guests contribute _money_ for their entertainment, S.
_Acts a.s.sembly._
PENNY-DOG, _s._ A dog that constantly follows his master, S.
_Watson._
