A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Pilkoc, _sb._ == the p.e.n.i.s. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pill, _v. a._ == rob. Pol. S. 150. Fr. piller
Pillar, _sb._ Alys. 6242. Fr. pilier. Lat. pila
Pillory, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Piment, _sb._ == a kind of wine. HD. 1728. Alys. 4178. See the recipe for making it in Halliwell, _s. v._
Pin, _sb._ == pinnacle. c.o.k. 57
---- == pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 6146
Pinch, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Pine, _sb._ == pain. RG 326
---- _v. a._ == make to pine. Ps. x.x.xvi. 28. part. 'ypyned.' RG. 449
Pink, _v. n._ == p.r.i.c.k or stab. Pol. S. 156. AS. pyngan
Pinnuc, _sb._ == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 1128. See Wright's Vocabularies, p. 177, where 'lirifa' is translated 'pynok'
Pinse, _v. a._ == pinch, torture, part. 'ipinsed.' Fall and P. 89. Dut.
pinssen. Fr. pincer
Pipe, _sb._ == musical instrument. Alys. 7769. AS. pip
---- _v. n._ Alys. 1012. Pol. S. 216
Pirate, _sb._ == a kind of s.h.i.+p. Alys. 6182
Pircle, _v. n._ == s...o...b..r at the mouth. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pirope, _sb._ == a precious stone. Alys. 5682. Gr. p???p??
p.i.s.s, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pit, _sb._ RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764
Pitch, _sb._ RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620; [pays]. Alys. 1630
---- _v. a._ == smear with pitch. HD. 707. part. 'ipiched' 94
Pitch, _v. a._ == fix. pret. 'pight.' RG. 51, 29. part. 'ypi?t.' RG. 48
Piteous, _adj._ RG. 491, 548
Piteously, _adv._ RG. 449, 508
Pitfall, _sb._ Pol. S. 193
Pith, _sb._ [pid]. Body and Soul, 38. AS. pia
Pity, _sb._ == pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 532, 537
Place, _sb._ RG. 6, 14, 397
Plaice, _sb._ == the fish. HD. 896
Plaid, Plait, _sb._ == pleading. O. and N. 1735, 5
Plain, _sb._ RG. 7
Plain, _v. n._ == complain. RG. 533
Plaining, _sb._ RG. 473
Plaint, _sb._ Alys. 7488. HD. 2961
Planet, _sb._ RG. 112
Plant, _v. a._ Ps. lxxix. 10
Plaster, _sb._ == remedy, 'plaster of penance.' Wright's L. P. p. 89
Plate, _adj._ == flat. Alys. 2001. Fr. plat. Germ. platt
Plate, _sb._ == a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. i. 144. Span. plata
Plattinde, _part._ == journeying. See Plette and Strike
Play, _sb._ RG. 272; [ple]. RG. 266; [plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega
---- _v. n._ [plawe]. Wright's L. P. p. 45; pret. 'pleide.' RG. 507
---- _v. a._--'to play hands' == clap hands. Ps. xcvii. 8
Playing, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 88
Plea, _sb._ RG 471, 473
Plead, _v. n._ Pol. S. 159
Pleading, _sb._ RG. 471, 473
Plenar, _adj._ == full. 1537 B.
Plenarly, _adv._ 1538 B.
