An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 608

_Kelly._

Teut. _pad_, _patte_, the paw of a beast.

PAW, _s._ Quick motion.

V. ~Pavie~.

PAWIS, _s. pl._ Parts in music.

_Bannatyne Poems._

p.a.w.n, _s._ A narrow curtain fixed to the roof, or to the lower part of a bed, S.

Belg. _pand_, a lappit, a skirt.

p.a.w.n, p.a.w.nE, p.a.w.nIE, _s._ The peac.o.c.k.

_Maitland Poems._

Fr. _paon_, Lat. _pavo, onis_.

p.a.w.nS, _s. pl._ The same with ~Pans~, q. v. Ang.

PAWMER, _s._ A palm tree; Fr. _palmier_.

_Wallace._

PAWMER, _s._ One who goes from place to place, making a shabby appearance, S.

From _Palmer_, a pilgrim.

_To_ ~Pawmer~, _v. n._ To go from place to place in an idle way, S.

PAWMIE, PANDIE, _s._ A stroke on the hand with the ferula, S.

Fr. _paumee_, a stroke or blow with the hand; Cotgr.

_To_ PEAK, PEEK, _v. n._

1. To speak with a small voice, S.

2. To complain of poverty, S.

Isl. _puk-ra_, susurrare; _puk-r_, mussitatio.

PEAK, _s._ A triangular piece of linen, binding the hair below a child's cap or woman's _toy_, Ang.

PEARIE, _s._

1. A pegtop, S. as resembling a _pear_.

2. A _French pearie_, a humming-top, S.

PEARLIN, PEARLING, _s._ A species of thread lace, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

PEAT-MOW, _s._ The dross of peats, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

Su. G. _mo_, terra sabulosa.

PEATSTANE, _s._ The corner stone at the top of the wall of a house, S.

PECE, _s._ A vessel for holding liquids.

Fr. _piece_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ PECH, PEACH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To puff, to pant, S.

_Ramsay._

Sw. _pick-a_, Dan. _pikk-er_, to pant.

~Pech~, _s._ The act of breathing hard.

_L. Scotland._

PECHAN, _s._ The stomach, Ayrs.