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fraise, fraised, fraisie, fraized, frase, phraise, phraisin$, phrase, phrased, phrasie, phrasin, phrasy,
phrase [freːz]
n. An elaborate flowery speech. Flattery, something false or misleading, boasting, idle talk.
v. To flatter, make much of, praise in an ingratiating, fulsome and often insincere manner, fawn on, wheedle, to make fine speeches, indulge in flowery and effusive language.
pt. pp. phrased
phrasie [ˈfreːze]
adj. Gushing, too fussy. Given to flattery.
Compounds and phrases etc.
phrasin [ˈfreːzɪn]: Fulsome, ingratiating, prolix, insincere in speech. Flattering.
physeecian, physeeshun, physeician,
physeecian [fəziʃən]
n. A physician.
faceoge, faizzug, fasog, fi$zoog, fisog, fissake, fissoag, fissog, fizog, fizoog, fizzer, fizzog, fizzug, phis, phisog, phissog, phiz, phizog, phizzer, phizzog, physiog, physiognomy, physog, visnomy,
physiognomy [ˈfɪziognəmi]
n. Physiognomy.
dim. col. physog [ˈfɪzog, ˈfɪzəg] The face.
peanny, piana, pianae, pianer, pianie, pianist, pianna, piany, piyanna, pyanna,
pianae [piˈanə, piˈanɪ, piˈaneː]
n. A piano.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pianist [piˈanɪst]: A pianist.
pecher, picher, picker, pigher, pucher,
picher [ˈpɪçər]
n. A state of confusion or muddle. An excited or overwrought state of mind. A dither, flurry, pickle. A useless, ineffective person, a muddler.
v. To work in an unplanned and disorganized way, to muddle along.
pick, picket, pickie, pickit, pickt, picky, pikk, pikki,
pick [pɪk]
n. A thrust, pitch, toss, the act of throwing.
dim. pickie The stone or metal counter in the game of hopscotch.
pl. pickies The game hopscotch.
v. To pitch, throw, pitch, hurl, toss.
pt. pp. pickit
pick, picket, pickid, pickit, pikk,
pick [pɪk]
n. Pitch, bitumen. Dirt, black mud.
v. To daub or smear with pitch, apply pitch to.
pt. pp. pickit adj. Coated with pitch, dirty, mud-bespattered.
mussel_pecker, mussel_picker, pick, picka, pickan, picker, pickerel, pickerie, pickery, picket, pick-heid, pickid, pickie, pickie, pickies, pickit, pickle, picklin, pickman, picko, picko, picky, pikk, pikker, pikket, pikki, puckle, pucklin, pukelin, stane_picker,
pick [pɪk]
n. A pick, a tool for breaking up hard ground etc. A small pointed or edged hammer used to roughen the surface of a millstone, a spike, prong, a prickle, a pike. The spade in playing cards. I.Sh. A tap at the door etc.
dim. pickie A small choice or amount. I.Sh. A game like tag. I.Ork. picko A tapping sound or action. A game like tag. The Blenny Zoarces viviparus.
v. To pick, to tap, to pilfer.
pt. pp. pickit adj. Dressed up, smartly turned out, titivated. Roughened, indented, pitted, uneven, full of irregularities, worn, dirty. Of the hands: chapped.
pickle
v. To peck or nibble repeatedly and delicately. To steal small articles, pilfer.
Compounds and phrases etc.
mussel picker: U. The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
picker: Something that picks.
pickerel [ˈpɪkərəl]: The dunlin Calidris alpina or other small wading bird.
pickery: leg. Petty thieving.
pick-heid: SEC. The swift Apus apus.
picklin: Petty theft.
pickman: A miner.
stane picker: I.Sh. The turnstone Arenaria interpres.
picka, picker, pickie, pickock, picky, pikki,
pickie [pɪkɪ]
also pickock
n. The young of the coalfish Pollachius virens.
hailie-buckie, hailie-pickle, hailie-picko, hailie-puckle, haily-puckle, pickle, picklie, picklin, picklins, pikkil, pikkilie, puckelin, puckelins, puckle, pucklie, puckly, pyukkleen, pyukkleens,
pickle [pɪkl]
also puckle [pʌkl]
n. A grain of oats, barley or wheat etc. A small particle of any kind, a grain, granule, speck, pellet. An indefinite amount of any substance or collection. A little, a few, some.
pl. pickles Quite a number, several, many, lots.
dim. picklie A few, a small quantity.
Compounds and phrases etc.
gey pickle: Quite a few.
guid pickle: Quite a few.
hailie-pickle: I.Sh. A hailstone. Also I.Ork. hailie-picko.
picklin: I.Sh. A small gift.
picklins: The falling of small particles from the roof of a mine-working which is about to collapse.
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