pace egg n.

an Easter egg

< L. pascha (Passover) + ON. egg

packin' n.

See baggin'

paddle v.

to walk with unsteady or uncoordinated steps; to walk with difficulty

orig. uncertain

padfoot n.

a malevolent ghost, spirit, or monster (similar to a barguest) in the shape of a large dog,

orig. uncertain

pafty a.

impertinent; insolent; cheeky;

orig. unknown

pahk n.

See pouk

pahnat n.

See pie-not

pahnd n.

See pund

paigle n.

cowslip

orig. unknown

palaver n.

fuss; unnecessary time-wasting

< Port. palavra ( speech, talk, word)

palm n.

a pussy willow tree

< ONorth. pælme

panch v.

See paunch

pancheon n.

large earthenware bowl, used to make and store bread

orig. uncertain

parky a.

cold; chilly

orig. uncertain

parlous a. & adv.

dangerous; perilous; hazardous; precarious; desperate;

< OF. perillus (dangerous, perilous)

parny n.

water

< Romani pānī f. Sanskrit pānīya ( potable, drinking water)

partlings adv.

in part; partly

< OE part + -lings (adv. suff.)

pash n.

a shower

< ME pashe (to strike violently)

paste egg n.

See pace egg

pate n.

a badger

orig. uncertain

patten n.

a clog with irons on the sole

< AN. patin (clog, thick soled shoe)

paunch v.

to eviscerate an animal; also panch

< AN. pance (stomach)

pause v.

See pawse

paut v.

to kick or move with the foot; to paw the ground; to tread or walk heavily; also pawt, pooat ; cf. pawse

< OE. potian (to push, to thrust)

pawky a.

shrewd;, sly; artful; cunning

orig. unknown

pawse v.

to kick; also pause, poise; cf. paut

orig. unknown

pawt v.

See paut

pay v.

t o beat; to flog; to strike,(a person)

< OF. paiier, paier (to give what is due)

payed ppl. a.

beaten, worn out

See pay

pays n.pl.

See peys

pea swad n .

a pea pod

< OE. pise (a pea) + ??? swaþ (swathe, wrapping)

peace egg

See pace egg

peeak

See perk

pee-i'-bed n.

a dandelion

< from the notion that picking dandelion leaves caused bed-wetting

peer n

a pear

< OE. peru

peff v.

to cough; to pant

imit.

peggy n.

a wooden appliance shaped like a stool with a long-handle and used to stir and pummel clothes in a wash-tub: cf. dolly

< female pet name of Peggy

peggy stick

wooden tool used to lift clothes out of a washtub

See peggy

peggy tub n.

a large washtub in which a peggy is used; cf. dolly tub

See peggy

pelt v.

to rain heavily; to throw stones

< ME. pelt (to deliver repeated blows)

perch n.

a wooden bar or frame over which pieces of cloth are pulled for examination

< AN. perche ( wooden rod )

perk v.

to perch; to settle; to stick; also peeak

< ME. perke (to perch) f. OF. perce

pestil n.

See pestle

pestle n

the foreleg of a pig; also pestil

< AN. pestel (the foreleg on an animal used for food)

petty n.

an outside lavatory; a privy

< AN. petit (of small size)

pew spice n.pl.

sweets sucked during the sermon in chapel, given to children to keep them quiet.

< OF. puie, (parapet, platform) + espice (spice)

peys n.pl.

peas; also pays

< OE pise (a pea)

pianate n.

See pie-not

pianet n.

See pie-not

piannot n.

See pie-not

pick v.

to throw; to push (particularly in relation to the shuttle in a loom)

< ME. pyke (to pitch, to throw) ??? f. OE *piccan

pie n

an exterior store of root crops, e.g. a quantity of potatoes, formed into a heap, or put into a shallow pit, and covered with earth, straw, etc.,

< ME. pye

pie-annet n.

See pie-not

piecen v.

to join or piece ends together, e.g.in the textile industry, when yarn breaks during spinning

< AN. peece , pees , peice (piece)

piecener n

an individual who joins together the ends of threads broken during the spinning process

See piecen

pienet n.

See pie-not

pie-not n.

a magpie; also pahnat, pinet , pynot, pynate, pienet, pyneate, piannot, pianate, pie-annet, pianet, pinet

< OF pie (magpie) + female name Annette

piggin n.

small vessel, with handle, used as a milking pail, scoop or ladle

< ME. pygyn (a container for butter)

pike (off) v

to creep away

< ME. pyke, pike (to remove oneself, go away)

pike 1n.

a pointed or peaked conically shaped stack, of hay, corn etc

< ME. pike

pike 2n.

turnpike gate

< OE. pīc ( a point)

pike 3 n.

a pitchfork; a hay-fork,

< OE. pīc ( a point, a pointed tool)

pinchers n.pl.

pliers; pincers,

< OF. pincher (to pinch)

pine v.

to suffer hungry; to starve

< OE. pinian (to torture, torment)

pined a

hungry, starving

See pine

pinet n

See pie-not

pining v

in relation to an animal, straining in labour

< OE. pinian (to torture, torment)

pissimire n

an ant; also pissimer

< ME. pisse-mire f. AN. pisser (to urinate) + MDu. mire, mere (ant) [referring to the urine smell of an anthill]

pizeball n.

a game similar to rounders but using a soft ball and the hand in place of a bat

??? < MDu. pisen (to play the game of pisen) + bal

plague v

to tease

< L. plaga (stroke, wound)

plash n.

a puddle

orig. uncertain

plawt v.

to pluck; to remove feathers; also plooat

< Du. ploten (to pluck)

plean v.

to complain

< AN. plainer, pleiner ,

pleeaf n

See plew

plew n.

a plough; also ploo, pleeaf, pluf

< OE plōg, plōh

plisky n.

a mischievous trick; an escapade

orig. unknown

plonker n

a large marble

imit.

ploo n.

See plew

plooat v.

See plawt

plook n.

See pluke

pluf

See plew

pluke n

a pimple; a spot; a boil also plook

< ME. plowk (pustule, a pimple)

po n.

a chamber pot

< OF pot de chambre

pobbies n.

See pobs

pobs n.

soft food, e.g. pieces of bread softened in milk; also pobbies

orig. unknown

poddish n.

porridge

< AN. potage (food cooked in a pot)

podged a

having a full stomach; replete; also pogged

orig. uncertain

pogged a.

See podged

poich n.

a beehive

orig. uncertain

poise v.

See pawse

poit

a poker

< OE potian (to thrust, push, goad)

poke n.

a bag; a sack; also pooak

< AN. poke ??? f. ON. poki (bag, sack)

polesmitten a.

crazy

??? < < MDu. pol (top, summit) + OE. smītan (to throw)

poll v.

to cut; to lop; to have a haircut; also poul, pow

??? < MDu. pol (top, summit)

polly 1n.

the head

??? < MDu. pol (top, summit)

polly 2n.

a hornless cow(see also doddy, and hummelled

??? < MDu. pol (top, summit)

pooak n.

See poke

pooat v.

See paut

porriwiggle n.

a tadpole

< ME polwygle (tadpole) f. polle (head) + wigelen (to wriggle)

posnit n.

a metal cooking pot with a handle and three feet

< AN. possonet (small cooking pot)

poss n.

a purse

< OE. purs

poss v.

to push down and squeeze clothes in a washtub

orig. uncertain

posser n.

an implement used to poss clothes in a wash tub

orig. uncertain

posskit n.

a washtub

orig. uncertain

pouk n.

a small boil; a blister; a pustule; a sty: also powk, pahk

??? < OE. pocc ( blister, pustule, ulcer)

posser n.

an implement used to poss clothes in a wash tub

orig. uncertain

posskit n.

a washtub

orig. uncertain

pouk n.

a small boil; a blister; a pustule; a sty: also powk, pahk

??? < OE. pocc ( blister, pustule, ulcer)

poul v.

See poll

pow v.

See poll

powk n.

See pouk

powling n.

a very short haircut; see poll

powpy n.

a young child’s name for a horse

??? < AN. palefrai (a riding horse)

prate n.

a chatterbox, a talkative child

??? < MDu. praten (to babble, to speak)

privy n.

an outside lavatory, particularly an earth closet

< AN. privé (private)

proddle v.

See broddle

prog n.

food; particularly for a journey or excursion

orig. unknown

progging v.

collecting wood; e.g. for a bonfire

orig. unknown

pubble a.

soft, plump and round

??? < OE. papol (pebble)

puddock n.

a term of rebuke

??? < OE. pade (toad, frog) + -uc (dim. suff.)

pun' n.,

See pund

pund

a pound (weight, money); also pun, pahnd

< OE. pund

puther n.

smoke from a fire

orig. unknown

putte v

to push with the head as with a cow

< OE. pȳtan (to push)

pynate n.

See pie-not

pyneate n.

See pie-not

pynot n.

See pie-not