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PYK-MAW, PICK-MAW, _s._ A kind of gull.
_Houlate._
PILCH, _s._
1. A gown made of skin.
A. S. _pylece_, toga pellicea.
_Douglas._
2. A tough skinny piece of meat, S.
3. Any thing short and gross, S.
~Pilch~, _adj._ Thick, gross, S.
PILE, PYLE, _s._
1. In pl. the soft hair, which first appears on the faces of young men.
_Douglas._
2. A tender blade, S.
_Douglas._
3. A single grain, S.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
Teut. _pyl_, Fr. _poil_, Lat. _pil-us_, a hair.
PYLE, _s._ A small javelin; or an arrow for a cross-bow.
_Stat. Will._
Su. G. _pil_, Lat. _pil-um_, a javelin.
PYLEFAT, _s._ L. _gylefat_, q. v.
_Lyndsay._
PILGET, PILGIE, _s._ A broil, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Belg. _belgh-en_, to combat.
PILGREN, PYLGRYNE, _s._ A pilgrim, Fr. _pelegrin_.
_Burel._
_To_ PILK, _v. a._
1. To take out of a husk or sh.e.l.l, S. B.
2. To pilfer, S. B.
E. _pluck_, or Teut. _plock-en_, id.
PILLAN, _s._
A species of sea-crab, Fife.
_Sibbald._
PILLOUR, _s._
V. ~Pelure~.
PILLOW, _s._ A tumultuous noise, S. B.
V. ~Hillie-billow~.
PILTOCK, _s._ The coal fish, a year old, Orkn.
PIN, _s._ Summit.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _pinne_, Germ. _pfin_, summitas.
PINALDS, _s._ A spinet; Fr. _espinet_.
