Houndys for favour wyl nat spare, To pynche his _pylche_ with greet noyse and soun. And in Caxton's Reynard the Foxe, cap. v, Reynard having turned hermit, bare "his slayvne and _pylche_, and an heren sherte therunder." +pild (A.N.) 500, _bald_ pilen (A.N.) 422, _to rob_ pilour (A.N.) 371, 420, _a thief_ +pylion (A.S. ?) 500, _a kind of cap_ pyne (A.N.) peyne, _pl._ peynes, _pain, punishment_ pyne, 78. _See_ wynen pynynge-stoole (A.S.) 47, literally, _a stool of punishment, a cucking-stool_ pynne (A.S.) 442, _to bolt_ piones (A.N.) 95, _the seed of the piony_, which was used as a spice. In the Coventry Mysteries (ed. Halliwell, p. 22) we find the word joined, as here, with pepper:-- Here is pepyr, _pyan_, and swete lycorys, Take hem alle at thi lykying pyries (A.N.) 78, _pear-trees_ pisseris (A.N.) 438 (?) pistle (A.N.) _an epistle_ pitously (A.N.) _piteously, for the sake of pity_ pleyen (A.S.) _to play_. _pret. s._ pleide, _pl._ pleiden pleyn (A.N.) _full_ pleyne (A.N.) 53, _to commiserate, to complain, make a complaint_ plener (A.N.) 209, 336, _full, fully_ pleten (A.N.) _to plead_. _pret. pl._ pleteden, 140 platten (A.N.) _to fall or throw down flat_. _pret. s._ platte, 81 plot (A.N.) 263, _pl._ plottes, 265, _a patch_ plow-foot (A.S.) 123, _a part of a plough_ po (A.S.) 243, _a peacock_ +poynttyl (A.N.) 462, the signification of this word appears to be the _square tiles_ used for paving floors. See Warton's Hist. of Engl. Poetry, ii, 99 poke (A.S.) 150, 259, 275, 288, _a sack_ poken (A.N.) _to urge, push forwards, poke, thrust_ pol, 205, polle (A.S.) 261, 430, _a head, poll_ polshen (A.N.) 105, _to polish_ pondfold (A.S.) 346, _the pinfold or pound_ poraille (A.N.) _the poor people_ poret (A.N.) _pl._ porettes, 134, 135, _a kind of leek_ porthors (A.N.) 302, _a breviary_, (_portiforium_, Lat.) pose (A.N.) 365, _to place, put as a supposition_ possen (A.N.) _to push_ potente (A.N.) 156, _a club, staff_ pouke (A.S.) 256, 285, 333, 346, _the devil_ Poul (A.N.) _St. Paul_ pounde-mele (A.S.) 41, _by the pound_ pous (A.N.) 352, _the pulse_ poustee (A.N.) 79, 228, _power, strength_ povere (A.N.) _poor_ +povert (A.N.) 496, _poverty_ +powghe, terre powghe, 487, _a torn sack or poke_ (?) The imperfect glossary appended to the old printed edition of the "Creed" explains it by _tar box_ prayen (A.N.) 430, _to make prey of, plunder_ preessen (A.N.) 286, _to hasten, crowd_ preyen, preye (A.N.) _to pray_. _pret. s._ preide, preyde preiere (A.N.) _prayer_ preynte (A.N. ?) 253 (?) preise (A.N.) 97, _to appraise, value_ +prese (A.N.) 495, _to hasten_. _pret. s._ presed, 460 prest (A.N.) 287, _ready_. prester, 191, _more ready_. presteste, 110, _readiest, quickest_. prestly, _readily_ preven, preve (A.N.) _to prove_ prikye (A.S.) 369, _to ride over, ride, spur_. _pret. s._ prikede, 368, _part. past_, y-priked, 430 prikere (A.S.) 159, 191, prikiere, 370, _a rider_