A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15Dodsley, Robert
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
Pestens, _pestilent_, _bad_, iv. 82
Pester, iii. 32
Pestilent, _troublesome_, iii. 11
Pestilently, _badly_, iii. 271
Pestle, _gammon_, _leg_, iv. 82
Petitory, _petitionary_, ix. 341
Pettifogger, _attorney_, vi. 281;
ix. 264
Pettifogging, _cheating_, ix. 238
Pettyfogging (groom), _a knavish lawyer_, x. 356
Phalange, _phalanx_, ix. 362
Pheer (= feer), _companion_, iv. 263;
xiii. 425
Philosophy (natural), i. 6
Philtres, xiv. 520
Phlegm, "easy phlegm," xv. 199
Phlegmy, xv. 117
Physnomy, _face_, _note_, xiv. 253, 320
Pick, _sharp point_, vii. 318
Pickadel, _part of a doublet_, xi. 17
Picking, _pilfering_, vii. 214
Pickle, _plight_, viii. 364
Pick-thank, xv. 29
Piddling, _petty_, xiii. 143, 152
Piece, _a cup_, i. 178;
_a vessel_, ii. 232;
_creature_, xiii. 163;
_coin_, xiii. 8;
_woman_, xiv. 318, 479
Pigeon-holes, _note_, xii. 101, 120
Pight, _placed_, i. 249;
ix. 176;
_pitched_, i. 403;
_determined_, ii. 47
Pigsnie, _a term of endearment_, ii. 151;
xiii. 142
Pigsny, _a term of endearment_, iii. 80;
ix. 547
Pilfries, _pilferings_, xi. 303
Pill and poll, _to pilfer and to plunder_, x. 501
Pilling and polling, vi. 49
Pin, "a merry pin," i. 45
Pinch, "at a pinch," _in need_, xii. 365
Pinchback, viii. 76
Pinchgut, _miser_, xiv. 291
Pinder, _pinner_, viii. 232
Pinion, _term used in dicing_, ii. 35
Pink, _to gamble (?)_, ii. 35
Pinkany, _a term of endearment_, vii. 324
Pink'd, _peep'd_, xi. 117
Pinken eyes, _small eyes_ (?), xi. 71, 72
Pinky eyne, _small eyes_, vii. 167
Pins, _legs_, i. 181
Pioner, _pioneer_, x. 160
Pishes, _cries of pish_, xii. 298
Pissing, "a pissing while," iii. 224
Pistoles, _coins_, xv. 131
Pistolets, _pistols_, xiv. 164;
_coins_, xv. 126
Piteousness, _pity_, x. 189
Pithily, _strongly_, i. 250
Pitiful, _merciful_, _compassionate_, i. 81, 288
Pittance, _a morsel of bread_, ii. 242
Plain, _to complain_, vi. 414
Plaint, _complaint_, vii. 83;
x. 189
Planch, _to patch all round_, iii. 176
Plantain, xv. 143
Plantation, _colony_, xi. 467;
xv. 334
Plantations, _colonies_, xiii. 274
Plat, _place_, ii. 297;
iii. 196
Platform, _note_, xiii. 336
Play fast and loose, xiii. 174
Pleasance, _pleasure_, i. 56
Pleasaunce, _pleasure_, xii. 240
Pleasure, _to give pleasure_, vi. 150;
_to humour_, vi. 291;
_to please_, viii. 299;
x. 134
Plenal, _full_, xiii. 153, 156
Plete, _to plead_, i. 262
Plight, _vow_(?), i. 82;
_to pledge_, i. 257;
_a pledge_, _promise_, iv. 313;
_sort_, _company_, iii. 173
Plotform, _plot_, _platform_, _note_, viii. 423
Pluck, _to drag_, _pull_, i. 72;
xiii. 285
Pluck'd, _pulled_, xi. 282
Pluck up heart, iv. 245
Plumb, _plummet_, x. 199
Pocky, xi. 463
Podstick (= pot-stick), _a staff_, ii. 114
Poetise, _to make poetry_, xi. 451
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