=Phantasy=, _n._ Whimsical or deluded notion. ?_Obs._ 2. 3. 60. =Phantsie=, _n._ [Form of _fancy_.] Imagination. 1. 4. 88. †=Phrentick=, _n._ A frantic or frenzied person; one whose mind is disordered. 4. 6. 49. =Phrenticke=, _a._ [Form of _frantic_.] Insane. Now rare. 5. 8. 91. =Physicke=, _n._ †Natural philosophy; physics. 2. 2. 122. †=Picardill=, _n._ [Form of _Piccadill_.] A large stiff collar in fashion about the beginning of the reign of James I. 2. 2. 123 (see note). =Piece=, _n._ †1. A gold piece, pr. 22 shillings (Gifford). 1. 4. 5; 3. 3. 83. 2. Phr. _at all pieces_: At all points; in perfect form. 2. 7. 37. =Piece=, _v._ To reunite, to rejoin (a broken friendship). ?_Arch._ 4. 1. 37. =Pinnace=, _n._ 1. A small sailing vessel. †2. Applied _fig._ to a woman, usually to a prostitute (sometimes, but not often, with complete loss of the metaphor). 1. 6. 58. ||=Pipita= [?For _pepita_], _n._ Sp. or It. ‘A seed of a fruit, a pip, a kernel.’ _Stanford._ 4. 4. 45. ||=Piueti=, _n._ Sp. ‘A kinde of perfume.’ Minsheu. 4. 4. 150. =Plaine=, _a._ Unqualified, downright. ?_Arch._ 4. 4. 158. =Plume=, _v._ To strip off the plumage of; to pluck. ?_Arch._ 4. 4. 43. ||=Pol-dipedra= [?_Polvo di pietra_], n. It. ?Rock-alum. 4. 4. 30. =Politique=, _a._ [Form of _politic_.] Crafty, artful. 2. 2. 76. ||=Porcelletto marino=, _n._ It.?‘The fine Cockle or Muscle shels which painters put their colours in.’ Florio. 4. 4. 34. =Possesse=, _v._ †To acquaint. Phr. _possesse with_: To inform of. 5. 5. 44. =Posterne=, _n._ ?A back door or gate. Phr. _at one’s posternes_: Behind one. 5. 6. 15. †=Posture booke=, _n._ ?A book treating of military tactics, describing the ‘postures’ of the musket, etc. 3. 2. 38 (see note). ||=Potentia=, _n._ L. ‘Power;’ potentiality. 5. 3. 28. =Power=, _n._ _Law._ Legal authority conferred. 4. 6. 39. =Pownce.= [Form of _pounce_.] A claw or talon of a bird of prey. 4. 7. 55. =Pox=, _n._ Irreg. spelling of _pocks_, _pl._ of _pock_. †Phr. _pox vpon_: A mild imprecation. 3. 3. 38. _pox o’._ 4. 2. 61. =Practice=, _n._ 1. A plot. ?_Arch._ 5. 8. 57. 2. Treachery. ?_Arch._ 4. 7. 80. =Practice=, _v._ †1. To tamper with; corrupt. 1. 1. 38. 2. _intr._ To plot; conspire. 5. 3. 10; 5. 51. =Pragmaticke=, _a._ Pragmatical. 1. 6. 56. =Pregnant=, _a._ †Convincing; clear. 5. 8. 77. =Present=, _a._ Immediate (fr. L. _praesens_). 3. 6. 40. =Present=, _n._ †1. The money or other property one has on hand. 1. 5. 20. 2. The existing emergency; the temporary condition. 2. 6. 70. =President=, _n._ †A ruling spirit. 3. 5. 38. =Presume=, _v._ To rely (upon). 2. 2. 30. =Pretend=, _v._ 1. To lay claim (to). 2. 4. 16; 3. 3. 102. †2. To aspire to. 1. 6. 36. =Price=, _n._ Estimated or reputed worth; valuation. 2. 8. 105. =Priuate=, _n._ †Priuate account. 5. 4. 23. =Processe=, _n._ _Law._ Summons; mandate. 3. 3. 72; 3. 3. 139. =Prodigious=, _a._ †Portentous; disastrous. 2. 7. 19.