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V. ~Pure~.
_To_ ~Puir~, _v. a._
V. ~Pure~, _v._
PULAILE, POULAILE, _s._ Poultry.
L. B. _poyllayllia_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ PULCE, _v. a._ To impel.
Lat. _puls-o_.
_Complaynt S._
PULDER, _s._ Powder, dust.
O. Fr. _puldre_, id.
_Complaynt S._
~Pulderit~, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.
_Douglas._
PULLAINE GREIS, _s._ Greaves worn in war.
_Wallace._
L. B. _polena_, pars qua genua muniuntur.
PULL LING, _s._ A moss plant, S.
PULLISEE, _s._ A pulley, S. _pullishee_.
_Ramsay._
PULOCHS, _s. pl._ Patches, S. B.
Mod. Sax. _pulten_, id.
PULTRING, _part. adj._ Rutting, Perths.
Fr. _poultre_, a horse-colt.
_To_ PUMP, _v. n._ To break wind softly behind, S.
Isl. _prump-a_, pedere.
~Pump~, _s._ The act of breaking wind softly, S.
_To_ PUNCH, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.
Sw. _bunk-a_, c.u.m sonitu ferire.
~Punch~, _s._ A jog, a slight push, S.
PUNDELAYN, _s._
_Barbour._
Fr. _Pantaleon_, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.
PUNDIE, _s._ A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a _pound_ weight of water.
PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, _s._ An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _pundare_, statera; from _pund_, libra.
PUNDLER, PUNLER, _s._
1. A distrainer, Ang.
V. ~Poinder~.
_Bann. MS._
2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.
