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publish, publish$t, published, publishit, publisht,
publish [ˈpʌblɪʃ]
v. To publish. To cause to swell, to fill out, make fat.
pt. pp. publisht adj. Plump, in good case, well filled-out.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
publisher: Publisher.
puctual, punctwal,
puctual [ˈpʌŋktwəl]
adj. Puctual.
paddih, pid, pod, pode, pud, puddee, puddie, puddy,
pud [pʌd]
n. A term of endearment for a child or small fat person or animal. A name given to a pigeon. S. An ink-holder or pot.
dim. puddie SW. A small dish or bowl.
glunterpudden, glunter-pudden, mealie-pudden, mealie-puddin, mealie-pudding, mealy-dudding, mealy-pudden, mealy-puddin, pidd$n, pidden, poodin, puddeen, pudden, puddin, puudin,
pudden [ˈpʌd(ɪ)n]
n. A sausage meat pudding.
pl. puddens U. The intestines, guts, innards, and their contents.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bluidy pudden: Blood pudding.
glunter-pudden: U. A slow fat person.
keep the pudden het: To keep the pace up, to keep things going.
mealie-pudden: An oatmeal pudding, a white pudding.
white pudden: A kind o sausage stuffed with oatmeal etc.
watter puddens: S. Tha algae Ulva intestinalis.
paddle, puddle, puddul,
puddle [pʌdl]
n. A puddle. A street gutter. A state of disorder, confusion. A muddler, a bungler.
v. To play with the hands or feet in water. To work in a muddling, inefficient way, to muddle along.
paddag, paddih, paddik, paddo, paddock, paddock, paddock-dabber, paddock-stöl, paddock-stool, paddock-stuil, paddo-saet, paddo-saets, paddy, poddick, puddag, puddag-redd, puddick, puddie, puddie_up, puddie-up, puddo, puddoch, puddock, puddock$s, puddock_redd, puddock-dabber, puddock-dauber, puddock-steel, puddockstool, puddock-stool, puddock-stools, puddock-stuil, puddock-stuils, puddock-stule, puddock-stules, puddok, pudduck, puddy, puddy_up, puddy-up,
puddock [ˈpʌdək, MN. ˈpodək, NN.b. ˈpʌdəg]
also paddock [ˈpadək]
n. The frog Rana temporaria or toad Bufo bufo.
dim. puddie [ˈpʌdɪ], S. paddae [ˈpade], I.Ork. paddo [ˈpado]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
puddie-up: A lift up (a wall).
puddocks' cruddles: Frog spawn.
puddock-dauber: A bird such as a heron that snaps up frogs for ist food.
puddock's eggs: col. Tapioca or sago pudding.
puddock pipes: SW. WC. The marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre.
puddock redd Frong spwan.
puddock-stuil [-støl, C. U. -stɪl, U. -stel, U. N. -stil]: A mushroom or toadstool. pl. puddock-stuils. Also I.Ork. paddo-seat [-set]
podge, pudge, pudget, pudgetie, pudgety, pudgie, pudgin, pudgy, pudyal, pudyan,
pudge [pʌdʒ]
also pudgin
n. A small fat person or animal.
 
pudgie [ˈpʌdʒe]
adj. Podgy, small, plump or thickset.
 
pudgetie [ˈpʌdʒəte]
adj. Short and fat.
pjöfl, pjuifl, puf, puff, puffed, puffel, puffer, puffil, puffir, puffit, puffle, pufft, puft,
puff [pʌf]
n. A puff (of wind or breath etc.)
v. To puff. To boast, brag.
pt. pp. pufft
 
puffle
v. To keep puffing or blowing, to whistle, to puff out. To distend, puff up
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
puffer: A small steam-boat used to carry cargoes of all kinds around the west coasts and islands of Scotland
puffin: Puffing.
peug, pog, pug, pugg, puggie, puggie_nit, puggie_nits, puggy, puggy_nut, pyoug,
pug [pʌg]
n. A monkey. I.Sh. A small person, a boy.
dim. puggie col. A cash maschine or gambling machine.
 
puggie
adj. Monkey-like, ugly, ill-favoured.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fou as a puggie: Extremely drunk or full of food.
pug-fistit: Left- handed.
puggie nit: A monkey nut such as the peanut Arachis hypogaea.
pug, puggie, puggy, pugsey, pugsie, pugsy, pyugg,
pug [I.Ork. pʌg]
n. col. The stomach.
dim. puggie
 
pugsy
adj. Having a prominent stomach, stout, corpulent.
 
See bogie

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