An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 619

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 619


PYK-MAW, PICK-MAW, _s._ A kind of gull.


_Houlate._


PILCH, _s._


1. A gown made of skin.


A. S. _pylece_, toga pellicea.


_Douglas._


2. A tough skinny piece of meat, S.


3. Any thing short and gross, S.


~Pilch~, _adj._ Thick, gross, S.


PILE, PYLE, _s._


1. In pl. the soft hair, which first appears on the faces of young men.


_Douglas._


2. A tender blade, S.


_Douglas._


3. A single grain, S.


_Gl. Shirr._


Teut. _pyl_, Fr. _poil_, Lat. _pil-us_, a hair.


PYLE, _s._ A small javelin; or an arrow for a cross-bow.


_Stat. Will._


Su. G. _pil_, Lat. _pil-um_, a javelin.


PYLEFAT, _s._ L. _gylefat_, q. v.


_Lyndsay._


PILGET, PILGIE, _s._ A broil, S. B.


_Poems Buch. Dial._


Belg. _belgh-en_, to combat.


PILGREN, PYLGRYNE, _s._ A pilgrim, Fr. _pelegrin_.


_Burel._


_To_ PILK, _v. a._


1. To take out of a husk or sh.e.l.l, S. B.


2. To pilfer, S. B.


E. _pluck_, or Teut. _plock-en_, id.


PILLAN, _s._


A species of sea-crab, Fife.


_Sibbald._


PILLOUR, _s._


V. ~Pelure~.


PILLOW, _s._ A tumultuous noise, S. B.


V. ~Hillie-billow~.


PILTOCK, _s._ The coal fish, a year old, Orkn.


PIN, _s._ Summit.


_Dunbar._


Teut. _pinne_, Germ. _pfin_, summitas.


PINALDS, _s._ A spinet; Fr. _espinet_.







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