An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 633

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 633

1. To push, S.


_Bp. Forbes._


2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of washing, S.


Teut. _polss-en int water_, quatere aquas.


~Pouss~, _s._ A push, S.


Fr. _pousse_.


POUST, _s._ Bodily strength, S.


O. Fr. _poeste_, _pooste_, id.


~Pouste~, ~Powste~, _s._ Power.


_Douglas._


_Lege poustie_, full strength, i. e. _legitima potestas_.


_Reg. Maj._


~Pousture~, _s._ Bodily ability. _To lose the pousture_ of a limb, to lose the power of it, S. B.


_Ruddiman._


POUT, _s._


1. A young partridge or moor-fowl, S.


_Acts Ja. VI._


Fr. _poulet_, a pullet; Lat. _pullus_.


2. The chicken of any domesticated fowl, S.


3. A young girl, a sweetheart.


_Ross._


_To_ ~Pout~, _v. n._ To shoot at young partridges; also, _to go a-pouting_, to go to shoot at _pouts_, S.


_Antiquary._


_To_ POUT, POUTER, _v. n._ To poke, to stir with a long instrument, S.


_Waverley._


Su. G. _pott-a_, digito vel baculo explorare; Belg. _poter-en_, fodicare.


~Pout~, _s._ A poker, S. A.


~Pout-net~, _s._ A round net fastened to two poles, by means of which the fishers poke the banks of rivers, to force out the fish, S.


_Courant._


~Poutstaff~, _s._ A staff or pole used in fishing with a small net.


_Wallace._


_To_ POUZLE, _v. n._ To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S.


B.; q. to _puzzle_.


_To_ ~Pouzle~, _v. n._ To trifle, Fife.


Teut. _futsel-en_, nugari.


POW, _s._ The head, the _poll_, S.


_Ramsay._


_To_ POW, _v. a._ To pluck, to _pull_, S.


_Wallace._


POW, _s._ A pool.


_Sir Tristrem._


POW, POU, p.r.o.n. _poo_, _s._


1. A slow-moving rivulet in flat lands, S.


_Statist. Acc._


2. A watery or marshy place, Stirlings.


_Statist. Acc._


3. A small creek, affording a landing-place for boats, Clackm.