_Par_, Gold and Silver at a like Proportion. _Parasite_, a Trencher-Friend, a meer Wheedle. _Parell_, Whites of Eggs, Bay-Salt, Milk and Conduit-Water beat together, and poured into a Vessel of Wine to Cure its Fretting, in order to Fine it, and make it Drink up. _Parie_, to put By a Thrust or Blow. _Parings_, c. the Clippings of Money. _Parlous_, or _Perillous Man_, a notable, shrew’d Fellow. _Parsimonious_, Near, Niggardly, Pinching, Stingy. _Pass_, a Way, Lane, River, Leave; also condition. _What a Sad Pass things are come to?_ In what an ill State they are. _That Shamm wont Pass_, that Trick won’t take. _Do the Waters Pass well?_ much in use at the Wells, do they Move as they ought. _To Passe upon one_, to top upon him, or impose upon him; also a Term at Billiards, when the Ball goes through the Court or Porch, it is said to pass. _Passage_, a Camp-Game, with three Dice, Doublets, making up Ten or more, to _Pass_ or Win, any other Chances lose. _Pass-bank_, the Stock or Fund thereto belonging; also the playing Place Cut out in the Ground almost Cock-pit waies. _Pat_, apposite, or to the purpose. _Patering_, the Maundring or pert Replies of Servants. _Patering of Prayers_, Muttering of them, from the thick Repeating of so many Paters or Pater-nosters. _No Penny, no Pater-nosters_ no Pay, no Prayers. _Patrico_, c. or _Pater-cove_, c. the Fifeteenth Rank of the Canting Tribe, stroling Priests that Marry under a Hedge without Gospel or Common-prayer Book, the Couple standing on each side a Dead Beast, are bid to Live together till Death them do’s Part, so shaking Hands, the Wedding is ended; also any Minister, or Parson. _Pateepan_, a little Pye, or small Pasty. _Patrole_, the Rounds. _Paume_, when a Die or Piece of Money is hid in the Hand, to secure the Game, or Wager. _He Paumes it_, he Cheats, or Plaies Foul. _Paw_, a Hand. _Pawn._ _To Pawn any Body_, to steal away and leave him or them to Pay the Reckoning. _Pay through the Nose_, Excessively, or with Extortion. _Peak_, c. any kind of Lace. _Pearls_, the little Knobs on the Bur (which see) of a Stag. _Peck_, c. Meat. _Peckidge_, c. Meat. _Rum Peck_, c. good Eating. _The Gentry Cove tipt us rum Peck and rum Gutlers, till we were all Bowsy, and snapt all the Flickers_, the Gentleman gave us so much good Victuals, and Canary, that we were all Damn’d Drunk, and broke all the drinking Glasses. _Peculiars_, Plants, Animals and Fossiles, proper and particular to some one Country, and rarely if ever found in others, as English Scurvy-grass, Sarsa, Sassafras and Guajacum, all West _Indian_ Druggs; and so for Animals, English Maistiffs, Irish Greyhounds, Barnacles, and _Soland_ Geese peculiar to _Scotland_, as Puffins, to the Isle of _Man_; also Parishes exempt from other Ordinaries, and peculiarly belonging to the See of _Canterbury_. _Peculiar_, c. a Mistress; also particular, private, proper.