PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, _s._ a parrot. PARITCH, PARRITCH, _s._ hasty-pudding; oatmeal and water boiled together. PARROT-COAL, _s._ cannel coal which burns clearly. PARTAN, _s._ the common edible crab. PARTICATE, _s._ a rood of land. PARTRICK, PATRICK, _s._ a partridge. PAT, _pret_. of put. _To_ PATTER, _s._ to mutter uninterruptedly. PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ a stick wherewith a ploughman clears away the earth which adheres to his plough. PAUK, _s._ art; wile. PAUKY, _adj._ sly; artful. PAWMIE, _s._ a stroke on the hand with the ferula. PAWN, _s._ a narrow curtain fixed to the roof or bottom part of a bed. PAY, _s._ a drubbing. PAYS-EGGS, _s. pl._ eggs boiled in dye of various colours, and given to children to amuse themselves during Easter. PEARIE, _s._ a pegtop in the shape of a pear. PEARLIN, _s._ a species of thread lace. _To_ PECH, _v. n._. to puff; to pant. PEEL, PEIL, _s._ a place of strength; a Border tower. _To_ PEENGE, PINGE, _v. n._ to whine; to complain. PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, _s._ the lapwing. PEG, _s._ a stroke. _To_ PEG OFF or AWAY, _v. n._ to run off quickly. PENCH, PENCHE, _s._ the belly. _Penches_, tripe. PEND, _s._ an archway. PENDICLE, _s._ a small piece of ground. PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, _s._ a wedding at which those who attend pay money for their entertainment. PENNYSTANE, _s._ a flat stone used as a quoit. PEPE, PEEP, _s._ the chirp of a bird. PERJINK, _adj._ precise. PERNICKITIE, _adj._ precise in trifles. _To_ PETTLE, _s._ to fondle. _To_ PEW, PEU, _v. n._ the mournful sound emitted by birds. PHILIBEG, _s._ See FILIBEG. _To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v. n._ to boast; to wheedle. PIBROCH, _s._ a Highland air of a martial character. PICKLE, PUCKLE, _s._ a grain of seed; a small quantity. PIG, PYG, _s._ an earthen vessel. PIGS, PYGS, _s. pi._ earthenware. PIK, PICK, _s._ pitch. PILK, _v. a._ to pilfer. _To_ PINGLE, _v. a._ to labour with assiduity. _To_ PINK, _v. n._ to glimmer with the eyes half contracted. PINNER, _s._ a female head-dress, with long lappets pinned to the temples and reaching to the bosom, where they were fastened. PIRN, _s._ a reed or quill. _To wind him a pirn_, to make him repent of what he has done. PIT AND GALLOWS, _s._ an ancient baronial privilege, by which they had on their ground a pit to drown women and a gallows to hang men. PLACK, PLAK, _s._ a small copper coin formerly in use, the value of the third part of a penny sterling. PLACKLESS, _adj._ moneyless. PLAID, _s._ an outer covering, of an oblong square shape, of different coloured stripes, worn by the Highlanders. PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, _s._ coarse tweeled woollen cloth. PLAINSTONES, _s. pl._ the pavement or flags. _To_ PLASH, _v. n._ to make a noise by the dashing of water. _To_ PLAT, PLET, _v. a._ to plait. PLAYFAIR, _s._ a toy. PLEY, PLEYE, _s._ a debate; a quarrel. _To_ PLENISH, PLENYS, _v. a._ to furnish a house. PLENISHING, _s. pl._ household furniture. PLEUCH, PLEUGH, _s._ a plough.