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much ; as. A’ OWs is Vice.
O'ercome, Superplus.
Ony, Any.
Or, Sometimes ufed for e're
or before. Or Diy, i. e. be¬
fore Day break.
Oughtlens. In the leaft.
Otvfert, Oxen.
Owtbiry Either.
Oxter, The Arm-pit.
P A
PAddocii, A Frog. Pad-
dock Ride, The Spawn
of Frogs.
Paiks, ChafUfemenf. To paik,
To beat or belabour one
foundly.
Pang, To fqueez, prefs or
pack one Thing into ano¬
ther.
Paughty, Proud, haughty..
Pawky, Witty or fly in Word
or Adlion, without any
Harm or bad Defigns.
Peer, A Key or Wharf.
Peets, Turf for fire.
Peb, To panr.
Pcnfy, Finical, foppifh, con¬
ceited.
Perquire, By Heart.
Pett, A Favourite, a Fond¬
ling. To pettle. To dandle,
feed,cherifh,flatter. Hence
to take the Pett, is to be
peevilh, or fullen, as com¬
monly Petts are when in
the leaft difobliged.
Pibroughs, Such Highland
Tunes as are play’d on
Bag-pipes before them
when they go out to Battle.
Pig, An Earthern Pitcher.
Pike, To pick, pick out, or
chufe.
Pimpin, Pimping , mean ,
fcurvy.
Pine, Pain or Pining.
Pingle, To contend, flrive or
work hard.
Pirn, The Spool or Quill
within the Shuttle, which
receives the Yarn. Pirny,
CCloath or a Web) of un¬
equal Threeds or Colours,
ftripped.
Pith, Strength, Might, Force.
Plack, Two Bodies, or the
3d of a Penny Englijh.
Pople or Paple, TheBublmg,
Purling or Boyling up of
Water. ('Popling.)
Poortith, Poverty.
Powny, A little Horfe or
Galloway ; alfoa Turky.
Poufe, To pufh.
Poutch, A Pocket. «
Pratick, Practice, Art, Stra¬
tagem. Priving Pratick,
Trying ridiculous Experi¬
ments.
Pre//, Tricks, Rogueries. We
fay. He play'd me a Pret.
i. e. Cheated. The Callari's
fu' of Prets, i. e. Has abun¬
dance of waggifh Tricks.
Prig, To cheapen, or im¬
portune for a lower Price
of Goods one is buying.
Prin, A Pin.
Prive, To prove or tafte.
Propine, Gift or Prefent.
Prym,