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pa$k, paak, paakerie, paakery, paakie, paaky, pack, packeens, packery, packy, pauk, paukerie, paukie, paukily, paukiness, pauky, pawk, pawkerie, pawkery, pawkie, pawkilie, pawkily, pawkiness, pawky, poke, pokery, pokey, poky, powk,
pawk [ˈpɑːk, ˈpɔːk N. I. paːk]
n. A trick, ruse, stratagem, a wile, blandishment.
v. To joke, clown, act in a mischievous, light-hearted way.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pawkerie: Trickery, slyness, wily, crafty, shrewd, astute, roguish, lively.
pawkie: A matter-of-fact humorous outlook on life, roguish, astute.
pawkily: Shrewdly, resourcefully, in a wily and sagacious manner.
pawkiness: Dry humour, sly wit.
dispeace, pace, paece, paese, paice, pais, pays, peace, peacefu, peice, peyce, wanpace, wan-paece, wanpeace,
peace [pis, pes]
n. Peace.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dispeace: Trouble, dischord.
peaceable: Peaceable.
peacefu: Peaceful.
wanpeace: I.Sh. Strife, trouble, unrest, irritation.
paich, paiche, peach, peech, peich,
peach [pitʃ, petʃ]
n. A peach.
paicock, paihen, paisie, paycock, payhen, paysie, paysy, peacock, peahen, peajock, peasie, peasy, peicock, peihen, piecock, piehen,
peacock [ˈpikɔk, ˈpe-]
also peajock
n. A peacock.
peahen [ˈpihɛn, ˈpe-]
n. A peahen.
dim. peasie
peak, peakie, peakit, peek, peekie, peekit, peeky, peik, peikie, peikit, pick, pickie, pickit,
peak [pik, pek, pɪk]
n. A peak, a sharply-projecting point of rock, the point of a jagged rock. A kind of lace with a pointed, scalloped edge. A triangular linen head-scarf worn under a cap.
dim. peakie: A knitting-needle used for knitting Ayrshire bunnets. Something small and pointed
peakit
adj. Peaky, pointed, jagged, angular, gaunt and ill-looking. n. Lace with a scalloped or frilled edge. A person who looks thin, drawn, emaciated.
paerl, paerlin, paerlins, paerls, pairl, pairlie, pairlin, pairlins, pairls, pearl, pearlie, pearlin, pearling, pearlins, pearls, peeral, peeralin, peerals, peirlins, perl, perlin, perls, pirl, purl, purley, purlie, purls,
pearl [pɛrl, peːrl]
also purl [pʌrl]
n. A pearl, a cataract. A pearl-shaped drop, a dewdrop. In the for purl [pʌrl] one of the little balls of dung excreted by such animals as sheep, rabbits and mice.
dim. pearlie, purlie
pl. pearls Pearls, a string of pearls. In the form purls small balls of sheep or rabbit dung.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pearlin [ˈpɛrlɪn, ˈpeːrlɪn]: A pearlstring, a pearl-shaped drop, a garment trimming of bone-lace. pl. pearlins Lace-trimming. In the form purlin [ˈpʌrlɪn] a ball of horse manure.
beeswisp, bees-wisp, fitchy_peas, moose_pease, moosepea, moose-pea, mousie$s_pea, mousie$s_pease, paese, paeswisp, paes-wisp, paisie, paiswisp, pase, payse, paysie, payswisp, pays-wisp, paysy, peas, pease, peasebrose, pease-brose, pease-cob, pease-cod, pease-huil, peasers, pease-spleetin, pease-strae, peasewesp, peasewisp, peasewusp, peasie, peasy, pees, peeswisp, peeswusp, pes-wisp, pey, peys, peyse, peysers, piz, pizz, pizzers,
pease [piːz, MN. pɪz]
n. The pea plant or its seed.
pl. pease
dim. peasie A small marble.
peasie
adj. Made of or like peas.
Compounds and phrases etc.
craw's pease: The meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis. MN. The crowberry Empetrum nigrum.
dug's-pease: MN. I.Ork. The meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis. MN. The kidney vetch Anthyllus vulneraria.
fitchy pease: Vetch.
horse pease: The common vetch.
moose pease, mice pease: MN. NN.a. The tufted vetch Vicia cracca, common vetch Vicia sativa, S. bitter vetch Lathyrus linifolius or NN.b. the marsh pea Lathyrus palustris.
pease bree: Pea soup.
pease-brose: Brose made from pea-flour.
pease-cod: A peapod.
pease-huil: A peapod.
peasers: Small marbles, pease meal brose.
pease-shaup: A peapod.
pease-spleetin: Pea-slitting, petty.
pease-strae: Pea stalks.
peasewisp: A tangled mess.
paet, paet-neuk, paet-reek, paet-stack, pait, pate, pate-newk, payt, peat, peat-caster, peat-neuk, peat-reek, peat-spade, peat-stack, peat-stane, peat-steen, peet, peit, peyt, piet,
peat [pit, pet]
n. Peat.
Compounds and phrases etc.
peat bree: Peaty water.
peat-caster: A peat-cutter.
peat-castin: The act of cutting peat.
peat lowe: A peat fire.
peat-neuk: A recess by the fire where peats are stored.
peat-reek: Pungent smoke from burning peats.
peat-spade: A peat shovel.
peat-stack: A pile of peats.
white peat: NEC. A kind of sphagnum moss found under the surface layer of vegetation in a peat bog.
packin, paich, paigh, paight, pech, pech$t, peched, pechelt, pechen, pechie, pechin, pechin$, pechle, pechled, pechlt, pecht, pechy, peckin, pegh, peghin, peght, peigh, peight, peuxed, pexed, pih, piht, pochled,
pech [pɛç]
n. A breath, a gasp for breath.
v. To pant, puff.
pt. pp. pecht adj. Out of breath.
pechie [ˈpɛçe]
adj. Short winded.
pechle [ˈpɛçəl]
v. To pant, puff.
pt. pp. pechelt adj. Out of breath, exhausted.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pechin [ˈpɛçɪn]: Panting, blowing.
sair pech: A prolonged an weary effort, an exausting struggle.
pechan, peghan,
pechan [ˈpɛçən]
n. The stomach, a recepticle for food.
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