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poastur, pooster, poostur, poster, postor, postur, postur, pouster, pouster, pouster, poustur, powster, powster, powstur,
poustur [ˈpustər, ˈpʌustər]
n. Posture, a position in space, situation, location. A state of affairs, condition.
bell-pout, polt, poot, pootrie, pootry, poots, pout, poutrie, poutry, powt, puilt, pult, pultrie,
pout [put, pʌut]
n. A young game bird. I.Ork. n. A young pig. A young cat, a kitten.
dim. poutie
v. To hunt game-birds.
Compounds and phrases etc.
beld pout dim. beldie: The coot Fulica atra.
muir pout: WC. A young game bird. Particularly the red grouse Lagopus scoticus.
poutrie [ˈputri]: Poultry.
povereese, povereeze, poverize,
povereese [poːvəˈriːz]
v. To reduce to a condition of poverty, want, or emaciation. To exhaust land etc. by overworking, to impoverish, over exploit.
pt. pp. povereesed
poan, pollac, pollack, pollan, pollock, powan, powen,
powan [ˈpʌuən]
also pollock
n. The whitefish Coregonus clupeoides found in Loch Lomond and Loch Eck.
Powbaith, Powbeth,
Powbeth [ˈpʌubɛθ]
pn. Polbeth (West Lothian).
peow, peowe, po, pow, powe, powee, powie,
powe [pʌu]
n. A pool, puddle. A watery or marshy place. A slow moving stream.
dim. powie.
peow, peowe, pole, poll, pollywag, polly-wag, polly-woug, pow, powe, poweheid, powe-heid, powet, powheid, pow-heid, powlick, powlie, powlock, taddie,
powe [pʌu]
n. The poll, the head, the crown of the head, the scalp, the skull. The head of a flower etc.
v. To strike on the head.
Compounds and phrases etc.
black poweheid: S. The blackcap Sylvia atricapilla.
poweheid: A tadpole.
powlock, dim. powlie: NEC. A tadpole.
panackie, powenackie,
powenackie [pəˈnaki]
pn. Palnackie (Dumfries and Galloway).
poak, poaker, poakin, poke, poker, pokin, pokr, pook, pookin, pouk, poukin, powk, powk, powke, powkin, puk, pukin, pukk, pukkin,
powk [pʌuk, pok, I. puk]
n. A poke, nudge. I.Sh. To kick or push with the foot.
v. To poke, nudge, strike. MN. A waterlogged or marshy hole or hollow in the ground.
Compounds and phrases etc.
powker: Poker.
powkin: Poking, nudging.
Powkemmet,
Powkemmet [ˈpʌukɛmət]
pn. Polkemmet (West Lothian).
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