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pong, pung,
pung [I.Sh. pʌŋ, pɔŋ]
n. col. A testicle.
ponger, punger, pungur,
punger [ˈpʌŋər]
n. The edible crab Cancer pagurus.
puddie, puddy, punt, punt_up, puntie, puntie, puntie_up, puntie-up, punt-up, punty, punty, punty_up, punty-up,
punt [pʌnt]
v. To help someone to climb by pushing from below.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
punt up, puntie up: Using the hands as a foothold to help someone get over a wall etc.
puppie, puppy,
puppie [ˈpʌpi]
n. A a puppet.
poapie, puppie, puppy,
puppy [ˈpʌpi]
n. The poppy flower usually Papaver rhoeas.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
French puppie: SW. The oriental poppy Papaver orientale.
stinkin puppy: S. The poppy Papaver rhoeas.
purchas, purchas$t, purchase, purchased, purchass, purtchiz,
purchase [ˈpərtʃəz]
n. That which one procures or obtains by any means, lawful or otherwise. A hold or grip.
pl. purchases
v. To procure, obtain, gain possession of, acquire.
pt. pp. purchased
purdie,
purdie [ˈpʌrdɪ]
n. I.Ork. A disordered and dirty state. Bodilly illness such as diarrhoea or flatulence.
dim. purdo [ˈpʌrdo] Unappetising looking food.
peerification, puir, pure, purifee, purifee$d, purifeed, purification, purifie, purifiet, pyoor,
pure [pjuːr]
adj. Pure. Completely, utterly.
 
purifee [ˈpjuːrəfi]
v. To purify.
pt. pp. purifee'd
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
purification: Purification.
perfled, purfeet, purfeit, purfel, purfelt, purfet, purfil, purfillit, purfittie, purfl$t, purfle, purfled, purfled, purflie, purfly,
purfle [ˈpʌdfl]
v. Puff, to blow, pant.
pt. pp. purfelt [ˈpɛf(ə)lt] adj. Of persons: fat and asthmatic. Of a corpulent build, plump and wheezing, also purfly, purfeet.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
purfelt: Fat and asthmatic, plump and wheezing.
purley, purlin, purline,
purlin [ˈpʌrlɪn]
n. A purlin, a supporting beam in the roof.

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