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poun, pound, pown, pownd, pund,
pownd [pʌun(d)]
n. An enclosed stretch of water. A pond, pool, reservoir.
 
See pund also.
pawnie, pawny, ponni, powney, pownie, powny,
pownie [ˈpʌuni]
n. A pony. A joiner's trestle. A turkey, a peacock.
polter, poot, pooter, poulter, pout, pouter, pouther, powlther, powt, powter, powther, poyter, stane_powter,
powt [pʌut]
n. A poke or a prod. A stick or rod for poking or thrusting, a poker.
v. To poke, prod. Of an animal: to prod with the head or horns, to butt.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
powter [ˈpʌutər]: To poke, stir. To work in a fiddling, feckless way.
stane powter: I.Ork. The turnstone Arenaria interpres.
Poweton, Powton, Powtoun,
Powton [ˈpʌutən]
pn. Polton (Midlothian).
prácás, prakis,
prácás [U. ˈprakəs]
Irish n. A hotch-potch and by extension a botched job, a wreck, a seemingly hopeless mess.
practeese, practeeze, practeise, practeize,
practeese [ˈpraktiːz]
v. To practise. For the n. see practice.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
practeesin: Practising.
practical,
practical [ˈpraktɪkl]
adj. Practical.
practice, prectise,
practice [ˈpraktɪs]
n. A practice.
 
For the v. see practeese.
praise, praisis,
praise [preːz]
n. Praise.
v. To praise.
praisant, praisent, praisentlie, praisently, praisint, presaint, presint,
praisent [ˈpreːzənt]
n. A present.
adj. Present.
 
praisently [ˈpreːzəntli]
adv. Presently, at this moment.

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