An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 621

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 621

PINKIE, _s._ The little finger, Loth.


Belg. _pink_, digitus minimus.


PINKIE, _s._ The weakest kind of table beer, S.


PINKIE, _s._ The smallest candle that is made, S.


O. Teut. _pincke_, cubicularis lucerna simplex.


PINNER, _s._


1. A female head-dress, having lappets pinned to the temples reaching down to the breast, and fastened there.


_Ramsay._


2. _A fleeing pinner_, such a head-dress, having the ends of the lappets hanging loose, Ang.


O. Fr. _pignoir_ seems to be synon.


PINNER-PIG, _s._


V. ~Pirlie-pig~.


PINNING, _s._ A small stone for filling a crevice in a wall, S.


_Statist. Acc._


Q. employed as a _pin_.


PINSEL, _s._ A streamer.


V. ~Pensel~.


PIN-THE-WIDDIE, _s._ A small dried haddock not split, Aberd. corruptly _penny-widdie_.


PINTILL-FISH, _s._ The Pipe-fish; or the Launce.


_Monroe._


PYOT, _s._ A magpie.


V. ~Pyat~.


PIPES. _To tune_ ones _pipes_, to cry, S.


_To_ PYRL, _v. n._ To p.r.i.c.k.


_Wallace._


Su. G. _pryl_, a long needle, _pryl-a_, stylo pungere.


_To_ PIRL, _v. n._ To whirl, S. A.


V. ~Birle~.


_J. Nicol._


PIRL-GRa.s.s, _s._ Creeping wheat-gra.s.s, S.


_Stat. Acc._


PIRLIE-PIG, PURLIE-PIG, _s._ A circular earthen vessel, which has no opening save a slit at the top, no larger than to receive a halfpenny; used by children for keeping their money, S. B. _Pinner-pig_, S. O.


Perh. q. _birlie-pig_, from A. S. _birl-ian_, to drink; as forming a common stock. _Pinner_ may be allied to Teut. _penne-waere_, merx; Dan. _penger_, money.


PIRN, _s._


1. A quill, or reed, S.


_Stat. Acc._


2. The yarn wound on a reed, S.


_Ruddiman._


3. _To wind_ one _a pirn_, to make a person repent his conduct.


_Ramsay._


4. _To redd a ravelld pirn_, to clear up something difficult, or to get free of some entanglement, S.


_Shirrefs._