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Dictionary of the Scots Language

The Historical Language of the Scottish Lowlands

 

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PAAK v. To beat.
PAAL n. A post, Scotland. B.
PAB n. The refuse of flax, Lothian. “pob”, Scotland. B.
PACE n. 1. The weight of a clock, Scotland. 2. Used metaphorically.
PACK adj. Intimate, Scotland.
PACKALD n. A pack.
PACKHOUSE n. A warehouse for receiving goods, Scotland.
PACKMAN n. A pedlar, one who carries his “pack”, Scotland.
PACT . “s. To spend the pact”, to waste one's substance.
PADDLE n. The Lump fish, Orkney.
PADDOCK-HAIR n. 1. The down that covers unfledged birds, Scotland. 2. The down on the heads of children born without hair, Scotland.
PADDOCK-PIPES s. pl. Marsh horse-tail, Scotland.
PADDOCK-RUDE n. The spawn of frogs, Scotland. also “paddock-ride”.
PADDOCK-STOOL n. The Agaricus in general.
PADE n. 1. A toad. 2. Apparently a frog.
 
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Caudicula : n. A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

 
A Dictionary of the Scots Language derived from “An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, D.D.” published in 1818.
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