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V. ~Finnack~.
_Pennant._
PHIOLL, _s._
V. ~Fyell~.
PITHONES, _s._ A Pythoness, a witch.
_Barbour._
_To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v. a._ To talk of with boasting.
_Rutherford._
~Phraser~, _s._
1. A braggart, braggadocio.
_Bp. Galloway._
2. A wheedling person, S.
To ~Phraise~, _v. n._ To use wheedling language, S.
~Phraise~, ~Fraise~, _s. To mak a phraise_,
1. To pretend interest in another, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. To use flattery, S.
_R. Galloway._
3. Falsely to pretend to do a thing, to exhibit an appearance without real design, S.
_Baillie._
4. To make great shew of reluctance, when one is really inclined, S.
_Ross._
5. To talk more of a matter than it deserves, S.
_Ramsay._
6. To make much ado about a slight ailment, S.
PYAT, PYOT, _s._ The magpie, S.
_Houlate._
Gael. _pighaidi_, C. B. _pioden_, id.
PIBROCH, _s._ A Highland air, suited to the particular pa.s.sion which the musician would either excite or a.s.suage; generally applied to martial music, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Gael. _piobaireachd_, the pipe music.
PICHT, PYCHT, PIGHT, _part. pa._
1. Pitched, settled.
_Sir Gawan._
2. Transferred to a person.
_Poems 16th Century._
3. Studded.
_Douglas._
Ital. _appicciar_, castra metari.
PICHT, _s._ Pith, force.
_Wallace._
Belg. _pitt_, A. S. _pitha_, id.
_To_ PICK, _v. a._ To pitch at a mark, S. B.
PICK, _s._ The choice, S. E. _pick_, to cull.
PICKEN, _adj._ Pungent, S.
