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PLÙHjplùir, «. m. (Ir.id.) A flower; a blossom ; a noso-
<^Y ; flour-meal or wheat-meal. Asp. form, plilùr. Do
phliir chniithneaclul, of fiour-meal. — Stew. Ex. N. pi.
pluran,y?OH,'e?-i-.
PlOiiach, a. {from pliir.) I'lowery ; mealy; like meal;
pulverised.
PlOuan, ain, s. m. (Ir. id.) A little flower; a flower; a
blossom ; a nosegay. Plùran seangan, sheep sorrel ; moun-
tain clover.
Plùkan, n. pi. of plilr ; which see.
Plùranach, a, {Ir.id.) Flowery; full of blossoms.
Plùranachd, s. f. {Ir. id.) Floweriucss ; botany; the
business of a florist.
PlòRanaiciie, s.m. A botanist ; a florist.
Pnamh. See Puamii.
PoBiiuiLL, s. f. {Ir. id.) A poplar-tree. N. pi. pobh-
uillean.
PoBiiuii.LEACit, a. Abounding in po])lar; of poplar.
PoBULL, uill, s. m. A people ; a populace ; a nation ; a tribe ;
a congregation. Do pliobuU taghta, thy chosen people.
Lilt, popul-us. Germ, pobel, pobel, and pofel. Dan.
pobel. Fr. peuple. /;•. pobal. W. and Arm. pobl.
PoBULLACH, a. Populous; of, or belonging to, the people.
Duthaich pliobuUach, a populous country. Com. and sup.
pobullaiche.
PoBULLACIID, S. f PopuloUSnCSS.
PÒC, s. m. A pocket or pouch. Leabhar poc, a poc/eef-iooA;
airgiod pòc, pocket-money.
Poc, s. m. {Du. pok. Scotch, pock.) A bag, a little sack,
a satchel. Poc min, a meal-bag ; air a phoc, begging.
PÒC, V. a. Pocket or pouch ; provide with a pocket. Prct. a.
phoc ; fut. aff. a. pòcaidh.
Poc, V. a. Put up in a bag or sack. Pret. a. phoc ;
fut. aff. a. pocaidh.
PÒCACH, a. {from poc.) Having pockets; having large
pockets or pouches.
Pocach, a. Like a bag or sack ; bagged.
PociCHADii, aidh, s.m. A pocketing or pouching.
PoCACHADii, aidh, s. 7«. A putting up in a bag or sack.
PÒCA1CII, V. a. Pocket or pouch ; provide with pockets, as
a coat. Pret. a. phòcaieh ; fut. aff. a. pocaichidh.
PoCAicii, V. a. {from poc.) Put up, as meal, into a bag or
sack. Pret. a. phocaich ; fut. aff. a. pocaichidh.
PoCAiN, gen. sing, and n. pi. of pocan ; v.hich see.
PocAiR, s. m. {from poc.) A beggar.
PÒC.AIT, s.f. A pocket or pouch. iV. p?. pòcaitcan.
Pòc.\iTEACii, a. Having pockets; having large pockets;
like a pocket ; of a pocket.
PocA^", ain, s. m. {dim. of poc.) A little sack or bag ; also,
in derision, a little squat fellow. A'^. pi. pocain.
PoCANACn,o. {from pocan.) Like a little bag or sack; squat;
diminutive in person; stumpy; having a pock, bag, or
satchel. Is fearr mathair phocanach na athairclaidh'each,
better is a mother with a bag of victuals, than a father with
a sword by his side. — G. P.
PocAXTA, a. Squat; squab; stumpy ; diminutive. Do phearsa
bagach pocanta, your swaggy squat person. — Old Song.
PoCASTACiiD, s.f. Squatness; stumpiness; diminutiveness.
PÒG, pi)ig, s. m. A kiss. Is furtachd dhomh fein do phòg,
thy kiss is a comfort to me. — Turn. N. pi. pògan, kisses.
Pògan eas-caraid, the kisses of an enemy. — Stetv. Pro.
Ir. pòg. W. poc. Com. and Arm. pog and bocq, a
kiss. It. bocca, a mouth. Lat. bucca, a check.
PÒG, V. a. {Ir. id.) Kiss. Pret. a. phòg ; fut. aff. a. pòg-
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aidh, shall kiss. Thig agus pog mi, come and kiss me. —
Stew. Gen. Fut. pass, pògar.
PÒGADH, aidh, i. ?n. A kissing; a kiss.
Fog AID II, fut. aff. a. of pog. Shall or will kiss.
PÒGAIU, s. m., pòg-fhear. {Ir.id. ^;/;;. poccjer.) A kisser;
a gallant. N. pi. pògairean.
PÒGAiUF.ACiin, s.f. {Ir. id.) Kissing, frequent kissing,
continual kissing.
PÒG AN, ain, 5. m. {dim. of pog.) A smack ; a kiss.
PÒGANTA, a. Kissing; fond of kissing.
PÒGTA, p. part, of pog. Kissed.
PoiiiLKACH, ich,s. m. (/r. poil)Icoch.) Populace, a rabble,
a mob ; a plebeian.
PoiBLEACii, a. Plebeian; of the populace ; like a rabble.
PoiBLEACiiAS, ais, s. m. Popularity.
PoiCEAN, ein, s. m. A short squat fellow.
PoiciiEAN, ein, s. m. See Puiciieam.
PÒIGEAN, s. m. {dim. of pog.) A kiss, a smack. A', pi.
pòigeanan. Thoir pòigeau domh, kiss me.
PÒIGEANACII, a. Kissing, fond of kissing.
PoiLLEADii, idh, s. m. {Ir. id.) A boring, a piercing.
PÒINIDII, a. A corruption of poney. Bu ghasd mo phoin-
idhse, my poney was good. — Turn.
Pom, s. A pore.
PoiiisE, s. m. {Ir. id.) A porch.
Pois, V. a. Haul, drag, lug. Pret. a. phais.
PÒISDE, PÒISTE, p. part, of pas. Married. Ouisduine
pòiste thu, since you are a married man. — Turn. Written
also phsda.
PoiT, s.f. A pot, a cauldron. A phoit rahòr, the great j)ot.
— Stew. 2 A". Poit dubh, a still ; a black pot ; poit
chreadlia, an earthen pot; poit luibhean, a flower-pot ;
poit-phluran, a flower-pot ; poit mhuin, a chamber-pot ;
poit leapach, a chamber-pot ; poit thogalach, a still ; poit
ghlanaidh, aflning-pot. — Stew. Pro. N. pi. poiteachan.
Poit na h-adhairc, a ludicrous name for a tea-pot.
Arm. pod. Fr. Old Sax. Germ. Swed. Du. W. Ir. pot
and poite. Hung, pohat, a cup. Greenlandese, poyetach,
a porringer. Hence also the Lat. potus and poto.
PÒIT, s.f. Drinking, carousing, tippling; excess in eating or
drinking.
PÒIT, V. n. {Lat. poto.) Drink to excess, carouse.
PoiT-CHRiADH, s.y. {Ir.id.) Potter's clay ; a pot of clay,
or an earthen pot. If the accent be on the first syllable,
jioit, it means potter's clay ; if on chriadh, it signifies an
earthen pot.
PòiTEACH,a.,y)'ow! poit. {Ir. id.) Given to drinking, drunken.
PòiTEADH, idh, s. m. Tippling.
PoiTEAL, eil, s. wi. A pottle. A'', jj^ poitealan.
PoiTEAN, ein, s. m. {dim. of poit.) A little pot. /;•. poitin.
PoiTEAR, eir, s. m. (pait-fhear.) A potter; a potmaker.
PÒITEAR, eir, s. 7n. {Lat. potor.) A drinker; a tippler, a
drunkard; a gourmand. N. pi. pòitearan. Pòitearan
fiona, tuine bibbers. — Stew. Pro.
PòiTEAUACn, a. Given to tippling, drunken.
PÒITEARACHD, s.y. {Ir.id.) The habit of tippling, drunk-
enness, carousing ; excess in eating or drinking ; banquet-
ing ; gormandizing. Ann am pòitearachd, in bnnquctings.
— Stew. Pet.
PoiTEARACii D, s.y. Pot making.
PÒI-, poil, s. m. A pall.
PoLAiR, s. m. A sign; a searcher of holes and corners. —
Shaw.
PoLAiREACUD, S.f A searching of holes and corners.