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peeble, peebles, peebly, peible, peibles, pieble, piebles,
peeble [ˈpibəl]
n. A pebble.
peebly
adj. pebbly.
Peebils, Peebles,
Peebles [ˈpibɪlz]
pn. Peebles (Borders).
peag, peaig, peeg, peegie, peegin, peegset, peegsin, peg, pegi, pieg, pig,
peeg [I.Sh. pig]
n. A small, underdeveloped plant or animal, something of stunted growth. col. The penis.
dim. peegie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
peegin, peegset: Weakly, ill-looking.
peack, peackan, peak, peak, peak, peakie, peakie-weakie, peeack, peeak, peek, peekie, peekit, peek-peek, peeuk, peuk, peuke,
peek [MN. pi(ə)k]
n. A sound such as the cry of a small animal or bird, or the shrill voice of a child. A person with a weak, piping voice, an unimpressive, insignificant individual.
v. To cheep, chirp, to cry feebly like a small animal or bird. To sing in a feeble, half-hearted way, chirrup, pipe tunelessly. To complain, grumble, make moan, whine, whimper. To speak in a thin querulous voice.
pt. pp. peekit
 
peekie
adj. Whining, speaking with a small plaintive voice.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
peek-peek: Cheep, cheep, peep, peep, a call to chickens.
waik in the peek: To have a faint, weak voice, to have no power in one's lungs.
peeg, peek, peekit, peik,
peek [pik]
n. Peek. A tiny point of light, tongue of flame.
v. To peek.
pt. pp. peekit
peel, peel$d, peelan, peeled, peeler, peelin, peelit, peelt, peil, peiler, pele, pellen, peln, pillan, piller, pullan, puller,
peel [pil]
n. Peel, skin.
v. To peel. To plunder, rob, pillage, cheat.
pt. pp. peelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
green spung piller: MN. The shore crab Carcinus maenas.
peeler [ˈpilər] also piller [ˈpɪlər, ˈpʌlər], NEC. N. I.Ork.
peeler: SW. A cold dry east wind. A cutting north wind. A small crab at shell casting time.
peelin: The skin, a thrashing.
pillan [ˈpɪlən, ˈpʌlən] or peelan [ˈpilən]: A small crab at shell casting time.
peal, peel, peels, peil,
peel [pil]
n. An equal, match to draw even, quits in games.
peel, peil,
peel [pil]
n. A pill, a tablet. I.Sh. A small quantity.
peel,
peel [pil]
n. A stockade, a fortified tower.
craa_peel, craw-peel, craw-pil, kraapeel, peel, peelo,
peel [I.Sh. pil]
n. A tiny particle or scrap, the smallest vestige, fragment or iota. Tiny black mussels that adher to tidal rocks.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
craw-peel: I.Sh. A small black mussel found on the fore-shore.

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