An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 604

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 604

PARAGON, _s._ A rich cloth imported from Turkey.


_Watson._


Fr. _parangon de Venise_, id.


PARAMUDDLE, _s._ The red tripe of cattle, the atomasum, S. B.


_To_ PARBREAK, _v. n._ To puke.


V. ~Braik~, _v._ and ~Braking~.


_Z. Boyd._


_To_ PARE, PAIR, PEYR, _v. a._ To impair.


_Douglas._


Fr. _pire_, _pejeur_, worse; Lat. _pejor_.


PAREGALE, PARIGAL, _adj._ Completely equal.


_Douglas._


Fr. _par_, used as a superl. and _egal_, equal.


_To_ PARIFY, _v. a._ To compare.


Lat. _par_ and _fio_.


_Wyntown._


_To_ PARIFY, _v. a._ To protect.


_Wyntown._


PARITCH, PARRITCH, _s._ Porridge, hasty pudding, S.


_Burns._


_To_ PARK, _v. n._ To perch.


_Douglas._


Fr. _perch-er_, id.


PARK, _s._ A wood; as, a _fir park_, S.


A. S. _pearroc_, Su. G. _park_, an inclosure.


PARK, _s._ A pole, a perch.


_Douglas._


Fr. _perche_, id.


PARLE, _s._ Speech, S. O.


_Burns._


Fr. _parler_, id.


PARLOUR, _s._ Discourse.


_Pal. Hon._


Fr. _parleure_, id.


PAROCHIN, _s._ Parish, S.


_Acts Ja. VI._


Lat. _paroecia_, id.


~Parochiner~, _s._ A parishioner.


_Acts Ja. VI._


PARPANE, PERPEN, _s._ A wall in general, or a part.i.tion.


_Henrysone._


O. Fr. _parpaigne_, a stone which traverses the wall.


PARROK, _s._ A small inclosure, Dumfr.