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  phrase, to flatter, to wheedle.

  pickle, a few, a little.

  pint (scots), three imperial pints.

  pit, put.

  placads, proclamations.

  plack, four pennies (scots).

  plackless, penniless.

  plaiden, coarse woolen cloth.

  plaister, plaster.

  plenish'd, stocked.

  pleugh, plew, a plow.

  pliskie, a trick.

  pliver, a plover.

  pock, a poke, a bag, a wallet.

  poind, to seize, to distrain, to impound.

  poortith, poverty.

  pou, to pull.

  pouch, pocket.

  pouk, to poke.

  poupit, pulpit.

  pouse, a push.

  poussie, a hare (also a cat).

  pouther, powther, powder.

  pouts, chicks.

  pow, the poll, the head.

  pownie, a pony.

  pow't, pulled.

  pree'd, pried (proved), tasted.

  preen, a pin.

  prent, print.

  prie, to taste.

  prief, proof.

  priggin, haggling.

  primsie, dim. of prim, precise.

  proveses, provosts.

  pu', to pull.

  puddock-stools, toadstools, mushrooms.

  puir, poor.

  pun', pund, pound.

  pursie, dim. of purse.

  pussie, a hare.

  pyet, a magpie.

  pyke, to pick.

  pyles, grains.

  quat, quit, quitted.

  quean, a young woman, a lass.

  queir, choir.

  quey, a young cow.

  quietlin-wise, quietly.

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