An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 627
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 627
PLODDERE, _s._ A banger, a mauler.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _plaud-er_, to bang, to maul.
PLOY, _s._
1. A harmless frolic, properly of a social kind, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. A frolic, which, although begun in jest, has a serious issue, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _pleg-an_, to play.
_To_ PLOT, _v. a._
1. To scald, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To make any liquid scalding hot, S.
3. To burn, in a general sense.
_Forbes._
PLOTc.o.c.k, _s._ The devil.
_Pitscottie._
According to some, _Pluto_, whose Isl. name is _BlotG.o.d_. Our term may be q. _Blotkok_, "the swallower of sacrifices;" from _blot_, sacrificing, and _kok-a_, deglutire.
PLOUD, _s._ A green sod, Aberd.
_Stat. Acc._
Fland. _plot-en_, membranam exuere.
PLOUT, _s._ A heavy shower of rain, S.
Belg. _plots-en_, to fall down plump.
_To_ PLOUTER, _v. n._ To make a noise among water, to be engaged in any wet and dirty work, S., _plowster_, S. A.
Germ. _plader-n_, humida et sordida tractare; Teut. _plots-en_, _plotsen int water_, in aquam irruere.
~Plouter~, _s._ The act of floundering through water or mire, S.
_Popular Ball._
PLUCK, _s._ The pogge, a fish, S.
PLUCKUP, PLUKUP, _s._
_Poems 16th Cent._
_At the plukup_, q. ready to _pluck up_ every thing by the roots.
PLUFFY, _adj._ Flabby, chubby, S.
Su. G. _plufsig_, facies obesa.
PLUKE, PLOUK, _s._ A pimple, S.
Gael. _plucan_, id.
_R. Bruce._
~Plukie-faced~, _adj._ Having a pimpled face, S.
_Ritson._
PLUME-DAMES, _s._ A _Damascene_ plumb, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PLUMP, _adj. A plump shower_, a heavy shower that falls straight down, S.
E. _plumb_, perpendicular; q. like lead, Teut. _plomp_, plumbeus.
PLWYRNYS, _s. pl._