An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 631
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 631
PORT, _s._ A catch, a lively tune, Gael. id. S.
_Kelly._
~Port-youl~, ~Port-yeull~. _To sing Port-youl_, to cry, S.
_Kelly._
_Port_, and _youl_ to cry.
PORTAGE, _s._ Cargo put onboard ship, Fr.
_Douglas._
POTATIBUS, not understood.
_Houlate._
PORTEOUS, PORTUOS, PORTOWIS, PORTUISROLL, _s._ A list of persons indicted to appear before the Justiciary Aire, given by the Justice-clerk to the Coroner, that he might attach them in order to their appearance.
_Acts Ja. I._
Probably from Fr. _port-er_, as being carried to the _Aires_ or circuit-courts; O. Fr. _porteis_, portatif.
PORTIONER, _s._ One who possesses part of a property which has been originally divided among co-heirs.
V. ~Pa.r.s.enere~.
_Stat. Acc._
PORTURIT, _adj._ Pourtrayed.
_Doug._
PORTUS, _s._ A skeleton, Ang.
POSE, POIS, POISE, _s._ A secret h.o.a.rd of money, S.
_Knox._
A. S. _posa_, Dan. _pose_, Su. G. _posse_, a purse.
POSNETT, _s._ A bag in which money is put; q. a _net_ used as a _purse_.
_Burr. Lawes._
_To_ POSS, _v. a._ To push; S. _pouss_.
V. ~Pouss~.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pouss-er_, Lat. _pulsare_.
POSSODY, _s._ A term of endearment, used ludicrously.
V. ~Powsowdie~.
_Evergreen._
_To_ POSTULE, _v. a._ To elect one for a bishop who is not in all points duly eligible.
L. B. _postulari_.
_Wyntown._
POSTROME, _s._ A postern.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
L. B. _posturium_, id.
_To_ POT, _v. a._ To stew in a pot, S.
POT, POTT, _s._
1. A pit, a dungeon.
_Douglas._
2. A pond or pit full of water, S.
_Rudd._
3. A pool or deep place in a river, S.