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V. ~Pig~.
_Davidson._
PIGHT, _pret._ Pierced, thrust.
Germ. _pick-en_, pungere.
_Sir Tristrem._
PYGRAL, _adj._
V. ~Pegrall~.
PIGTAIL, _s._ Twisted tobacco, S., resembling the _tail_ of a _pig_.
_To_ PIK, _v. a._ To strike lightly with any thing sharp-pointed, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _pick-a_, minutis ictibus tundere.
~Pik~, ~Pyk~, _s._ A light stroke with what is sharp-pointed, S.
_Douglas._
PIK, PYK, PICK, _s._ Pitch, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _pic_, Belg. _picke_, id.
PIKARY, PICKERY, _s._
1. Rapine.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Pilfering, S.
_Erskine._
Fr. _picor-ee_, plundering; _picor-er_, to rifle.
_To_ PIKE, _v. a._ To select.
_Douglas._
_To_ PIKE, _v. a._ To sail close by.
_Doug._
Su. G. _pek-a_, to point towards the land.
PYKIS, _s. pl._
1. p.r.i.c.kles.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _pigg_, stimulus.
2. Short withered heath.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
PIKKY, _adj._ Pitchy.
_Douglas._
PIKKIT, _part. pa._ Covered with pitch.
Teut. _pick-en_, Lat. _pic-are_.
_Douglas._
PIKLAND, _part. pr._ Picking up.
_Douglas._
From _pick_, or Teut. _pickel-en_, scalpere.
PIK-MIRK, _adj._ Dark as pitch, S. corr. _pit-mirk_.
_Ramsay._
