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Pechs, Pecht, Pechts, picht, pick, pickie, picks,
Pecht [pɛçt]
n. A Pict. col. A small person.
pl. Pechts [pɛç(t)s]
adj. Pictish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Pechts' pipes: Small chalk pipes found in the ground.
hen$s_pecks, paeck, paeckin, paek, paekin, peck, pecker, peckin, peig, peigin, pekkin, pick, pickin,
peck [pɛk]
n. A small quantity of something eddible. A dry measure of a quarter of a firlot.
v. To peck.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
green peck: I.Sh. The first grass in spring.
hen's pecks: Goose pimples.
pecker: Something that pecks.
peckin: Pecking.
Norawa widpecker: I.Sh. The great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major.
pedder, peddir, pether,
pedder [ˈpɛdər]
n. A pedlar.
pedester, pedestir, pedestur,
pedester [ˈpədɛstər]
n. A pedestal.
pee, pee$d, peed, peeins, pei, pi, pi$d, pid, pie, pie$d, pied, pieins, piins,
pee [piː]
n. Urine.
v. To urinate.
pt. pp. pee'd.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
peeins [ˈpiːɪnz]: Urine.
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

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