An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 641
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 641
_Maitland P._
Fr. _prou_, id.
PROWAN, _s._ Provender.
_Kelly._
Fr. _provende_, id.
PROWDE, _adj._ Magnificent.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _prud_, id.
PROWDE, _s._ Fair, beautiful woman.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _prud_, ornatus; Isl. _frid_, pulcher.
_To_ PRUNYIE, _v. a._ To trim.
V. ~Proyne~.
PTARMIGAN, _s._ The white game, S.
Gael. _tarmoch-an_.
_Sibb._
PUBLIC-HOUSE, _s._ An inn, a tavern, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PUCK HARY, _s._ A certain sprite or hobgoblin, S.
_Colvil._
Isl. Su. G. _puke_, daemon, spectrum.
PUD. _Inkpud_, _s._ An inkholder, Loth.
Teut. _enck pot_, atramentarium; or _puyd_, suggestus, q. what supports.
PUD, _s._ A fondling designation for a child.
Isl. _ped_, homuncio, puer.
PUDDIE, PUDDY, _s._ A kind of cloth.
Teut. _poote_, pellis cervaria.
_Ritson._
PUDDILL, _s._ A pedlars pack or wallet.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _buydel_, Fris. _puyl_, sacculus.
PUDDINGFILLAR, _s._ A glutton.
_Dunbar._
_To_ PUDDLE, PUDLE, _v. n._
1. To work diligently in a mean way, S. from E. _puddle_, a mire.
_Statist. Acc._
2. Applied to laborious and frivolous engagement in the Popish ceremonies.
_R. Bruce._
PUDGE, _s._ A small house, a hut, Perths.
Isl. _bud_, Teut. _boede_, casa; O. Teut. _poest_, an ox-stall.
_To_ PUG, _v. a._ To pull, Perths.
PUIR, _adj._ Poor.