PAUKY, adj. sly; artful.

PAWMIE, s. a stroke on the hand with the ferula.

PAWN, s. a narrow curtain fixed to the roof or bottom part of a bed.

PAY, s. a drubbing.

PAYS-EGGS, s. pl. eggs boiled in dye of various colours, and given to children to amuse themselves during Easter.

PEARIE, s. a pegtop in the shape of a pear.

PEARLIN, s. a species of thread lace.

To PECH, v. n.. to puff; to pant.

PEEL, PEIL, s. a place of strength; a Border tower.

To PEENGE, PINGE, v. n. to whine; to complain.

PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, s. the lapwing.

PEG, s. a stroke.

To PEG OFF or AWAY, v. n. to run off quickly.

PENCH, PENCHE, s. the belly. Penches, tripe.

PEND, s. an archway.

PENDICLE, s. a small piece of ground.

PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, s. a wedding at which those who attend pay money for their entertainment.

PENNYSTANE, s. a flat stone used as a quoit.

PEPE, PEEP, s. the chirp of a bird.

PERJINK, adj. precise.

PERNICKITIE, adj. precise in trifles.

To PETTLE, s. to fondle.

To PEW, PEU, v. n. the mournful sound emitted by birds.

PHILIBEG, s. See FILIBEG.

To PHRASE, FRAISE, v. n. to boast; to wheedle.

PIBROCH, s. a Highland air of a martial character.

PICKLE, PUCKLE, s. a grain of seed; a small quantity.

PIG, PYG, s. an earthen vessel.

PIGS, PYGS, s. pi. earthenware.

PIK, PICK, s. pitch.

PILK, v. a. to pilfer.

To PINGLE, v. a. to labour with assiduity.

To PINK, v. n. to glimmer with the eyes half contracted.

PINNER, s. a female head-dress, with long lappets pinned to the temples and reaching to the bosom, where they were fastened.

PIRN, s. a reed or quill. To wind him a pirn, to make him repent of what he has done.

PIT AND GALLOWS, s. an ancient baronial privilege, by which they had on their ground a pit to drown women and a gallows to hang men.

PLACK, PLAK, s. a small copper coin formerly in use, the value of the third part of a penny sterling.

PLACKLESS, adj. moneyless.

PLAID, s. an outer covering, of an oblong square shape, of different coloured stripes, worn by the Highlanders.

PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, s. coarse tweeled woollen cloth.

PLAINSTONES, s. pl. the pavement or flags.

To PLASH, v. n. to make a noise by the dashing of water.