Poles, _n. pl._ S. pools, ponds of water, 2101. Polk, _n._ S. pool, puddle, 2685. _Pow_, Sir Tr. p. 171. _Pulk_, Somersetsh. Pouere, Poure, _adj._ Fr. poor, 58, 101, 2457, &c. Pourelike, _adv._ poorly, 323. Prangled, _part. pa._ compressed, 639. Cf. Du. _prangen_, to pinch; Dan. _prange Seil_, to crowd sail. Preie, _pr. t._ S. pray, 1440. _Prey_, _imp._ pray (thou), 1343. _Preide_, _pa. t._ prayed, 209. Prest, _n._ S. priest, 429, 1829. _Prestes_, _pl._ 2583. Priken, _v._ S. to spur a horse, ride briskly, 2639. Prud, _adj._ S. proud, 302. Pulten, _pa. t. pl._ so reads the MS. l. 1023, instead of _putten_. Both have the same signification. So in the Romance of _Rob. of Cecyle_, Harl. MS. 1701, f. 94, c. 1, _pulte_ occurs for _put_, placed, and _pylt_ in R. Cœur de L. 4085; pelte, Sir Tr. p. 95. In the _imp._ _Pult_ for _put_, _place_, is used in _Hending the Hende_, MS. Digb. 86. In the signification of _drove forward_, which is nearer to the sense we require, we find _pylte_ in K. Horn, 1433, and R. Glouc. Hence the Engl. word _pelt_. _See_ Putten. Cf. _Pult_ in Gl. to _Will. of Palerne_. Pund, _n. pl._ S. pounds, 1633. Put, _n._ cast, throw, 1055. _But_, 1040. Putten, _v._ to cast, throw, propel forward, 1033, 1044. _Puten_, 1051. _Putte_, _pa. t._ cast, 1052. _Putten_, _pa. t. pl._ cast, threw, 1023, 1031, 1844. From the Fr. _bouter_, Teut. _buitten_, or Belg. _botten_, to drive or propel forward, or, as others suggest, from the Br. _pwtiaw_, which has the same meaning, or Isl. _potta_. From the same root are derived both _Put_ and _But_. Thus to _butt_ in Sc. is to drive at a stone in curling, and to _put_ in Yorksh. is to push with the horns. In the passage before us it is applied to a particular game, formerly in great repute. _See_ Note on l. 1022. Cf. Ramsay’s Poems, ii. 106. The word is still retained in the North, and Sc. V. Jam. and Brockett. See _But_ and _Pulten_. Putting, Puttinge, _n._ casting, 1042, 1057, 2324. Pyment, _n._ B.L. spiced wine, 1728. _See_ Note on l. 1726. Qual, _n._ S. [_hwæl_] whale or grampus, 753. _See_ Hwel. Quan, Quanne, _adv._ S. when, 134, 204, 240, &c. _See_ Hwan. Quath, _pa. t._ S. quoth, 606, 642, &c. _Hwat_, 1650, 1878. _Wat_, 595. _Quod_, 1888. _Quodh_, 1801. _Quot_, 1954, 2808. _Couth_, 2606. Queme, _adj._ S. agreeable, 130, 393. Web., Rits. M. R., Rob. Br., R. Glouc., Gower, Chauc. Quen, _n._ S. queen, 2760, 2783, &c. _Quenes_, _pl._ 2982. Qui. _See_ Hwi. Quic, Quik, _adj._ S. alive, 612, 613, 1405, 2210, 2476, &c., _quik and ded_. This is the usual language of the Inquisitiones post mortem, which commence at the early part of Henry III. reign. For the usage of the term, _see_ Gl. to Sir Tr. p. 98. Yw. and Gaw. 668. Chron. of Engl. 762, &c. The word is preserved in the vulgar version of the Scriptures, and Creed. _Quike_, quick, alert, 1348. _Al quic wede_, 2641. Cf. l. 2387. Quiste, _n._ S. [_cwide_] bequest, will, 219, 365. _Quede_, K. Alisaund. 8020.