An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 617
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 617
Su. G. _pikande_, Fr. _piquant_, id.
PICKEREL, _s._ The dunlin.
_Sibbald._
PICKERY, _s._
V. ~Pikary~.
PICKIE-MAN, _s._ A millers servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order, S. B.
V. ~Pik~, _v._
PICKLE, PUCKLE, _s._
1. A grain of corn, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. A single seed, S.
_Z. Boyd._
3. Any minute particle, S.
_Rutherford._
4. A small quant.i.ty, S.
_Ross._
5. A few, S.; Su. G. _pik_, grain when it begins to germinate.
_P. Buch. Dial._
PI-COW, ~Pi-ox~, _s._ The game of _Hide and Seek_, Ang.
PICTARNIE, _s._ The great tern, S.
Sw. _tarna_, Dan. _taerne_.
_Pennant._
PIEGE, _s._ A trap, a snare, Perths.; _puge_, Border; Fr. _piege_, id.
PIE-HOLE, _s._ An eye-hole, S.
Dan. _pig_, _pyg_, a point.
PIEL, _s._ An iron wedge for boring stones, S. B.
A. S. _pil_, stylus.
PIER, _s._ A quay or wharf, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PIETe, PIETIE, _s._ Pity.
_Douglas._
PIG, PYG, _s._
1. An earthen vessel, S.
_Douglas._
2. A potsherd, S.
Gael. _pigadh_, _pigin_, an earthen pitcher.
~Pig-man~, _s._ A seller of crokery.
_Colvil._
~Pig-wife~, A woman who sells crokery, S.
PIGGIES, _s. pl._ Iron rods from which streamers are hung.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _pigg_, stimulus, stilus.
PIGGIN, _s._ A small wooden or earthen vessel; Dumfr.