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putrefee, putrefie,
putrefee [ˈp(j)utrəfiː]
v. To putrefy.
pt. pp. putrefee'd
v. To putrefy.
pt. pp. putrefee'd
pooter, pouter, put, put-stane, put-steen, putt, putted, putter, puttet, puttit, putt-stane, putt-steen, stane_putter, stane-putter,
putt [pʌt]
n. A gentle touch or push, a soft prod, nudge. An effort or attempt to do something.
n. A jetty or stone buttress projecting from the bank of a river.
v. To push or nudge gently, to prod, poke softly. Of an animal: to push or prod with the head or horns, to butt.
pt. pp. puttit
n. A gentle touch or push, a soft prod, nudge. An effort or attempt to do something.
n. A jetty or stone buttress projecting from the bank of a river.
v. To push or nudge gently, to prod, poke softly. Of an animal: to push or prod with the head or horns, to butt.
pt. pp. puttit
Compounds and phrases etc.
putter: Something that putts.
putt-stane [-sten, N. -stin]: A buttress or kerbstone. The stone at the foot of a gable on which the coping-stones rest.
stane-putter: I.Ork. The turnstone Arenaria interpres.
putt-stane [-sten, N. -stin]: A buttress or kerbstone. The stone at the foot of a gable on which the coping-stones rest.
stane-putter: I.Ork. The turnstone Arenaria interpres.
puttick, puttock,
puttock [ˈpʌtək]
n. The buzzard Buteo buteo.
n. The buzzard Buteo buteo.
paug, piaag, pjag, pjaget, pjagi, pjakk, pjakket, pjark, pjarki, pjeg, pjegi, pjog, pjogi, pyaag, pyaagen, pyaagie, pyaagin, pyaagit, pyaagit, pyaagy, pyag, pyagen, pyagin, pyagit, pyaug, pyaugen, pyaugie, pyaugit, pyaugit, pyaugy,
pyaag [I.Sh. pjaːg, pjaːk]
n. Drudgery, slow laborious work, painstaking labour. Capacity for work, strength, energy.
dim. pyaagie A trifler, dawdler, a feeble ineffectual person, a weakling.
v. To work or move painfully and laboriously, to labour away without making much progress, to drudge, sweat at a task. To trifle at one's work, make slow progress.
pt. pyaagit
pp. pyaagit, pyaagen adj. Quite exhausted, worn out, on the point of death. Feeble, trifling, having little strength or energy, small, underdeveloped.
n. Drudgery, slow laborious work, painstaking labour. Capacity for work, strength, energy.
dim. pyaagie A trifler, dawdler, a feeble ineffectual person, a weakling.
v. To work or move painfully and laboriously, to labour away without making much progress, to drudge, sweat at a task. To trifle at one's work, make slow progress.
pt. pyaagit
pp. pyaagit, pyaagen adj. Quite exhausted, worn out, on the point of death. Feeble, trifling, having little strength or energy, small, underdeveloped.
pyaagy
adj. Small, insignificant.
adj. Small, insignificant.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pyaagin: Of pain etc.: to gnaw away, nag quietly but persistently.
clashpie, clash-pie, clash-pyat, clash-pyot, megpie, pienet, pienet, pienetie, pienety, piet, pietie, piety, piot, piotie, pioty, pyat, pyatie, pyaty, pyet, pyetie, pyety, pyot, pyotie, pyoty, sand-piet, sand-pyot, saund-pyot, sea_pye, sea-pie, sea-piet, sea-pyot, tell-pie, tell-py, tell-pye, water_piet, watter_pyot,
pyit [ˈpaeət, ˈpiət]
adj. arch. Pied, black and white in colour.
Also in the form pyot
n. The magpie Pica pica. An irresponsible person, a piebald horse.
adj. arch. Pied, black and white in colour.
Also in the form pyot
n. The magpie Pica pica. An irresponsible person, a piebald horse.
pyoty [ˈpaeətɪ, ˈpiətɪ]
n. A cherry-stone painted with varied colours for the game of paips.
adj. Piebald.
n. A cherry-stone painted with varied colours for the game of paips.
adj. Piebald.
Compounds and phrases etc.
clash-pyot: A gossip.
jay pyot: The jay Garrulus glandarius.
mussel pyot: WC. The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
sea-pyot: The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
saund-pyot: SW. The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
tell-py: A tale bearer.
watter pyot [ˈwatər-, S. ˈwetər-]: The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
jay pyot: The jay Garrulus glandarius.
mussel pyot: WC. The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
sea-pyot: The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
saund-pyot: SW. The oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.
tell-py: A tale bearer.
watter pyot [ˈwatər-, S. ˈwetər-]: The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
Peinelheuch, Pynel_Heuch,
Pynel Heuch [S.ˈpəinəl çjux, -hjux, -çjʌx, -çjɔx]
pn. Peniel Heugh (Borders).
pn. Peniel Heugh (Borders).
peasle, peishle, peisle, peist, peistan, peister, peistin, peysle, peyst, peyzle, piesle, piest, pisel, pissle, pizel, pizle, pysle, pysle, pyssle, pyst, pyster, pystle, weel-peisled, weel-pyselt,
pyst [pəist]
n. A feeble little person, an ineffectual creature.
v. MN. To work in a lethargic, half-hearted way.
n. A feeble little person, an ineffectual creature.
v. MN. To work in a lethargic, half-hearted way.
pysle [pəisl, pəizl]
n. S. SW. A trifle, a thing of little value. U. An ineffectual, clumsy worker.
v. U. To trifle at work, work lethargically.
n. S. SW. A trifle, a thing of little value. U. An ineffectual, clumsy worker.
v. U. To trifle at work, work lethargically.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pyster: MN. A slow, bungling worker.
peistan: MN. A half-hearted attempt at work, a botched job. Incompetent, inefficient. Lackadaisical.
pintlin and pyslin: U. Working lethargically, dallying.
weel-pyselt: S. SW. Comfortably off, in easy circumstances, well endowed with this world's goods.
peistan: MN. A half-hearted attempt at work, a botched job. Incompetent, inefficient. Lackadaisical.
pintlin and pyslin: U. Working lethargically, dallying.
weel-pyselt: S. SW. Comfortably off, in easy circumstances, well endowed with this world's goods.