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PENNY-MAILL, _s._
1. Rent paid in money.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. A small sum paid to a proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment of superiority.
V. ~Mail~.
_Maitland P._
PENNYSTANE, PENNY-STONE, _s._ A flat stone used as a quoit. _To play at the pennystane_, to play with quoits of this kind, S.
_Pennant._
_A pennystane cast_, the distance to which a stone-quoit may be thrown.
_Barbour._
PENNYWHEEP, _s._ Small beer, Aberd.
V. ~Whip~.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
PENNY-WIDDIE, _s._
V. ~Pin-the-Widdie~.
PENNON, _s._ A small banner.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. id. Alem. _fanon_, vexillum.
PENSEIL, PINSEL, _s._ A small streamer, borne in battle.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _penoncel_, _pencel_, a flag.
PENSY, PENSIE, _adj._
1. Having a mixture of self-conceit and affectation in one's appearance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Spruce, S. B.
_Popular Ball._
Fr. _pensif_, thinking of.
~Pensylie~, _adv._ In a self-important manner, S.
_Ramsay._
PENTHLAND, PENTLAND, _s._ The middle part of Scotland, especially Lothian.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Corr. from _Pichtland_, or _Petland_.
_To_ PENTY, _v. a._ To fillip, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _pointer_, blesser, porter des coupes; Dict. Trev.
~Penty~, ~Pentie~, _s._ A fillip, S.
PEPE, PEEP, _s._
1. The chirp of a bird, S.
_King's Quair._
_To play peep_, to mutter, S.
2. The act of speaking with a shrill small voice, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _piep-en_, Su. G. _pip-a_, &c. id.
PEPPER-DULSE, _s._ Jagged fucus, S.
