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_Kelly._
Teut. _pad_, _patte_, the paw of a beast.
PAW, _s._ Quick motion.
V. ~Pavie~.
PAWIS, _s. pl._ Parts in music.
_Bannatyne Poems._
p.a.w.n, _s._ A narrow curtain fixed to the roof, or to the lower part of a bed, S.
Belg. _pand_, a lappit, a skirt.
p.a.w.n, p.a.w.nE, p.a.w.nIE, _s._ The peac.o.c.k.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _paon_, Lat. _pavo, onis_.
p.a.w.nS, _s. pl._ The same with ~Pans~, q. v. Ang.
PAWMER, _s._ A palm tree; Fr. _palmier_.
_Wallace._
PAWMER, _s._ One who goes from place to place, making a shabby appearance, S.
From _Palmer_, a pilgrim.
_To_ ~Pawmer~, _v. n._ To go from place to place in an idle way, S.
PAWMIE, PANDIE, _s._ A stroke on the hand with the ferula, S.
Fr. _paumee_, a stroke or blow with the hand; Cotgr.
_To_ PEAK, PEEK, _v. n._
1. To speak with a small voice, S.
2. To complain of poverty, S.
Isl. _puk-ra_, susurrare; _puk-r_, mussitatio.
PEAK, _s._ A triangular piece of linen, binding the hair below a child's cap or woman's _toy_, Ang.
PEARIE, _s._
1. A pegtop, S. as resembling a _pear_.
2. A _French pearie_, a humming-top, S.
PEARLIN, PEARLING, _s._ A species of thread lace, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PEAT-MOW, _s._ The dross of peats, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
Su. G. _mo_, terra sabulosa.
PEATSTANE, _s._ The corner stone at the top of the wall of a house, S.
PECE, _s._ A vessel for holding liquids.
Fr. _piece_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ PECH, PEACH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To puff, to pant, S.
_Ramsay._
Sw. _pick-a_, Dan. _pikk-er_, to pant.
~Pech~, _s._ The act of breathing hard.
_L. Scotland._
PECHAN, _s._ The stomach, Ayrs.
