An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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V. ~Pays~.
_Lyndsay._
PESS.
V. ~The~.
PESSMENTS, _s. pl._
V. ~Pasments~.
_To_ PET, PETTLE, _v. a._ To fondle, to treat as a pet, S.
_Z. Boyd._
PETE-POT, _s._ A hole from which _peats_ have been dug, S.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _put_, lacuna.
PETER'S STAFF (~St.~), Orion's sword, a constellation.
_Ruddiman._
PETH, _s._ A steep and narrow way, S.
A. S. _paeth_, semita, callis.
_Barbour._
PETTAIL, PITTALL, _s._ Rabble attending an army.
_Barbour._
Fr. _pitaud_, a clown; _pietaille_, infanterie.
PETTLE, _s._
V. ~Pattle~.
PEUAGE, PEUIS, PEUISCHE, _adj._ Mean, dastardly.
_Douglas._
~Peuagely~, _adv._ Carelessly.
_Douglas._
PEW, _s._ The plaintive cry of birds.
_Lyndsay._
_He canna play pew_, he is unfit for any thing, S.
_Ramsay._
To ~Pew~, ~Peu~, _v. n._
1. To emit a mournful sound, applied to birds.
_Compl. S._
O. Fr. _piaul-er_, id.
2. To peep or mutter.
_Lyndsay._
PEWTENE, _s._ Trull.
_Philotus._
Fr. _putain_, Isl. _puta_, scortum.
PHARIS, _s._ Pharaoh's.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
PHILIBEG, _s._
V. ~Filibeg~.
PHINOC, _s._ A species of grey trout.
