An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 610

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 610

_Acts Ja. V._


Either to _pile_, or to pair.


V. ~Peel~.


PEILD, _adj._ Bald.


Fr. _pele_, id.


_Gl. Sibb._


PEILOUR, _s._ A thief.


V. ~Pelour~.


_To_ PEYNE, _v. a._ To forge.


V. ~Pene~.


_To_ PEYR, _v. a._ To impair.


V. ~Pare~.


PEIRS, _adj._ Sky-coloured.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _pers_, _perse_, caesius, glaucus.


_To_ PEIS, PEISS, PESE, _v. a._ To silence.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _faire pais_, faire silence; from Lat. _pax_; Roquefort.


PEYSIE-WHIN, _s._ The E. Greenstone, Ang., _peasie-whin_, Loth.; from the resemblance of the spots in it to _pease_.


PELE, PEYLL, PEILL, PEEL, PAILE, _s._ A place of strength, a fortification, properly of earth.


_Barbour._


L. B. _pela_, _pelum_, id.; A. S. _pil_, moles, acervus.


PELL, _s._ A lazy, lumpish person, S. B.


Teut. _pelle_, a husk.


PELLACK, PELLOCK, _s._ A porpoise.


Gael. _pelog_, id.


_Brand._


PELLOCK, _s._ A bullet.


_Gawan and Gol._


Fr. _pelote_; C. B. _pel_, id.


PELLOTIS, _s. pl._


_Leg. St Androis._


O. Fr. _pelete_, pet.i.te peau; Roquef.


PELLOUR, PEILOUR, _s._ A thief.


_Dunbar._


_Pillour_, O. E. Fr. _pilleur_, a ravager.


PELT, _s._ A term of reproach; _Foul pelt_, q. foul _skin_.


_Watson._


PELTIN-POCK, _s._ A _pock_ or bag for guarding the thighs from the _stroke_ given by the _flauchter-spade_, Ang.


PELTRY, PALTRIE, _s._ Vile trash, S.


_G.o.dly Sangs._


Su. G. _paltor_, old rags, Teut. _palt_, a fragment; or _pelt_, a skin.