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Payze, 'Pryze _v._ to upraise with a lever (Fr. _peser_) Peart _adj._ brisk Pease _v._ to run out in globules Peasen _s. pl._ of pea _adj._ made of peas, ex. Peasen-pudding Peazer _s._ a lever Peek, Peeky, Peekid _adj._ pinched in face by indisposition Peel _s._ a pillow Pen, Penning, Pine, Cow-pine _s._ an enclosed place in which cattle are fed Pen _s._ a spigot Pick, Peckis _s._ pick-axe Pick, Peek _s._ hay-fork Pigs _s._ pixies, fairies, as in the common saying, "Please God and the pigs" Pig's-hales _s._ hawes Pig's-looze _s._ pig's-sty Pilch, Pilcher _s._ a baby's woollen clout Pill _s._ a pool in a river Pill-coal _s._ peat from a great depth Pillow-tie, Pillow-beer _s._ pillow-case Pilm, Pillum _s._ dust Pin, Pin-bone _s._ the hip Pind, Pindy _adj._ fusty, as corn or flour Pin'd _adj._ applied to a saw which has lost its pliancy Pine, Pwine, Pwining-end, and Pwointing-end _s._ the gable-end of a house Pinions _s. p._ the refuse wool after combing (Fr. _peigner_) Pink-twink _s._ chaffinch Pinswheal, Pinswil, Pensil _s._ a boil with a black head Pirl, Pirdle _v._ to spin as a top Pix, Pex, or Pixy _v._ to pick up fruit, as apples or walnuts, after the main crop is taken in Pixy _s._ a fairy Pixy-stool _s._ toad-stool Planch _s._ Planchant _adj._ a wood floor (Fr. _planche_) Plazen _s. pl._ places Plim, Plum _v.n._ to swell, to increase in bulk, as soaked peas or rice Plough _s._ a team of horses; also a waggon and horses, or a waggon and oxen Plough-path _s._ bridle-path Plud _s._ the swamp surface of a wet ploughed field Pock-fretten, Pock-fredden _adj._ marked with small-pox Pog _v._ to push, to thrust with a fist Pomice, Pummice, Pummy, or Pumy-Squat _s._ apples pounded for making cider (Fr. _pomme_) Pomple _adj._ responsible, trustworthy Pompster, or Pounster _v._ to tamper with a wound, or disease, without knowledge or skill in medicine Ponted _adj._ bruised, particularly applied to fruit, as a ponted apple Pooch _v._ to pout Pook _s._ the stomach, a vell Pook _s._ a cock of hay Popple _s._ a pebble Porr _v._ to stuff or cram with food Pot-waller _s._ one whose right to vote for a member of Parliament is based on his having a fire-place whereon to boil his own pot, as at Taunton Pound-house _s._ house for cider-making Prey _v._ to drive the cat
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