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L. B. _pomell-us_, globulus.
POYNYE, POYNYHe, POYHNe, PONYHe, s. A skirmish.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _poignee_, id. Lat. _pugna_.
PONYEAND, _adj._ Piercing.
_Wallace._
Fr. _poignant_, id.
PONNYIS, _s._ Weight, influence; Teut. _pondigh_, ponderosus.
_Gl. Sibb._
PONNYIS, Leg. _pennyis_, money.
_Houlate._
POO, _s._ A crab, E. Loth. _Pulloch_, Ang.
O. Fr. _pole_, sorte de poisson.
POORt.i.tH, _s._ Poverty.
V. ~Purtye~.
POPE'S KNIGHTS, _s. pl._ A designation formerly given to priests of the church of Rome, who were at the same time distinguished by the t.i.tle of _Sir_.
V. ~Schir~.
_Spotswood._
POPIL, _s._ A poplar.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _peuple_, Lat. _Popul-us_, id.
POPIL, _adj._ Perhaps plebeian.
Teut. _popel_, plebs.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
POPINGOE, _s._
V. ~Papejay~.
_To_ POPLE, PAPLE, _v. a._
1. To bubble up like water, expressing also the noise of ebullition, S.
_Douglas._
2. To boil with indignation, S. B.
V. ~Paple~.
Teut. _popel-en_, murmur edere, C. B. _pwmbl-u_, to bubble, _pwmpl_, a bubble.
POPLESY, _s._ Apoplexy.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Teut. _popelcije_, id.
POPPILL, POPPLE, _s._ Corn campion or c.o.c.kle, S. _papple_, C. B.
_popple_, id.
_Bannatyne Poems._
POR, _s._ A thrust with a sword.
Teut. _porr-en_, urgere.
_Mellvill's MS._
PORRIDGE, _s._ Hasty-pudding; oat-meal, sometimes barley-meal, stirred on the fire in boiling water till it be considerably thickened, S.
_Stat. Acc._
