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A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Pack | (pack an' thick = closely familiar). |
| Packan'thick | confidential. |
| Packs | twelve stones. |
| Paidl'd | did paddle. |
| Paidle | to paddle. |
| Paidles | wanders aimlessly. |
| Painch | paunch, stomach; tripe. |
| Paitrick | partridge. |
| Pang | to cram. |
| Pangs | crams. |
| Parishen | the parish. |
| Parley | truce (cry a parley = cry "uncle") |
| Parritch | porridge. |
| Parritch-pat | porridge pot. |
| Parritch-pats | porridge-pots. |
| Pat | put; pot. |
| Pattle | a plough-blade. |
| Paughty | haughty, petulant. |
| Paukie | cunning, sly. |
| Pay't | paid. |
| Pease | peas. |
| Pechan | the stomach. |
| Pechin | panting, blowing. |
| Penny-fee | wage in money. |
| Penny-wheep | small beer. |
| Pet | an orphaned lamb that was bottle-fed. |
| Pettle | a plough-blade. |
| Philibeg | the Highlander's kilt. |
| Phraisin | flattering, coaxing. |
| Phrase | to flatter, to wheedle. |
| Pickle | small quantity. |
| Pint(Scots) | three imperial pints. |
| Pit | put. |
| Placad | public proclaimation. |
| Placads | proclamations. |
| Plack | old Scots coin, 1/3 of a Scots penny. |
| Plackless | penniless. |
| Plaiden | plaiding. |
| Plaister | plaster. |
| Plenish'd | stocked. |
| Plenished | stocked. |
| Pleugh | plough. |
| Pliskie | a trick. |
| Pliver | a plover. |
| Plumpit | plumped. |
| Pock | wallet or bag. |
| Poind | to sieze; distrain. |
| Poortith | poverty. |
| Pou | to pull, to gather. |
| Pou'd | pulled, gathered. |
| Pouch | pocket. |
| Pouk | to pluck. |
| Poupit | the pulpit. |
| Pouse | push or thrust. |
| Poussie | a hare. |
| Pout | chick. |
| Pouther | powder. |
| Pouther'd | powdered. |
| Pouthery | powdery. |
| Pouts | chicks. |
| Pow | the head, the poll. |
| Pow't | pulled. |
| Pownie | a pony. |
| Pree'd | pried (proved), tasted. |
| Preen | a pin. |
| Prent | print. |
| Prie | to taste. |
| Prie'd | tasted. |
| Prief | proof. |
| Priggin | haggling. |
| Priggin' | haggling. |
| Primsie | demure, prim. |
| Propone | to propose. |
| Proveses | provosts. |
| Pu' | to pull. |
| Pu'd | pulled, plucked. |
| Puddock-stool | toadstool. |
| Puddock-stools | toadstools, mushrooms. |
| Puir | poor. |
| Pun' | pund, pound. |
| Pund | pound. |
| Pursie | dim. of purse. |
| Pussie | a hare. |
| Pyet | the magpie. |
| Pyke | to pick. |
| Pyle | grain. |
| Pyles | grains. |
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