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_Acts Ja. V._
Either to _pile_, or to pair.
V. ~Peel~.
PEILD, _adj._ Bald.
Fr. _pele_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
PEILOUR, _s._ A thief.
V. ~Pelour~.
_To_ PEYNE, _v. a._ To forge.
V. ~Pene~.
_To_ PEYR, _v. a._ To impair.
V. ~Pare~.
PEIRS, _adj._ Sky-coloured.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _pers_, _perse_, caesius, glaucus.
_To_ PEIS, PEISS, PESE, _v. a._ To silence.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _faire pais_, faire silence; from Lat. _pax_; Roquefort.
PEYSIE-WHIN, _s._ The E. Greenstone, Ang., _peasie-whin_, Loth.; from the resemblance of the spots in it to _pease_.
PELE, PEYLL, PEILL, PEEL, PAILE, _s._ A place of strength, a fortification, properly of earth.
_Barbour._
L. B. _pela_, _pelum_, id.; A. S. _pil_, moles, acervus.
PELL, _s._ A lazy, lumpish person, S. B.
Teut. _pelle_, a husk.
PELLACK, PELLOCK, _s._ A porpoise.
Gael. _pelog_, id.
_Brand._
PELLOCK, _s._ A bullet.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _pelote_; C. B. _pel_, id.
PELLOTIS, _s. pl._
_Leg. St Androis._
O. Fr. _pelete_, pet.i.te peau; Roquef.
PELLOUR, PEILOUR, _s._ A thief.
_Dunbar._
_Pillour_, O. E. Fr. _pilleur_, a ravager.
PELT, _s._ A term of reproach; _Foul pelt_, q. foul _skin_.
_Watson._
PELTIN-POCK, _s._ A _pock_ or bag for guarding the thighs from the _stroke_ given by the _flauchter-spade_, Ang.
PELTRY, PALTRIE, _s._ Vile trash, S.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
Su. G. _paltor_, old rags, Teut. _palt_, a fragment; or _pelt_, a skin.
