_Erskine._
~Poinding~, _s._ The act of poinding, S.
~Poynder~, ~Pundare~, _s._ One who distrains, S.
_Stat. Rob. I._
POINER, _s._ One who lives by digging and selling _feal_, _divots_ or clay, Inverness.
_Law Case._
O. Fr. _pionnier_ is used in a similar sense.
V. Roquefort.
POYNIES, _s. pl._ Gloves.
_Skene._
Fr. _poing_, the fist.
POYNTAL, _s._
1. A sharp sword or dagger.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pointille_, a p.r.i.c.k or point. O. Fr. _punhal_, a dagger.
2. A quill for playing on the harp.
_Douglas._
_To_ POIST, PUIST, _v. a._ To push.
V. ~Poss~.
POKE, _s._ A swelling under the jaw; a disease of sheep, S., perhaps as resembling a _pock_ or _bag_.
_Statist. Acc._
POLDACH, _s._ Marshy ground lying on the side of a body of water, Ang.
Belg. _polder_, a marsh, a meadow on the sh.o.r.e.
POLICY, POLLECE, _s._ The pleasure-ground about a gentleman"s seat, S.
Fr. _police_.
_Acts Ja. V._
POLIST, _adj._ Artful; generally as including the idea of fawning, S.
E. _polish_; Fr. _polir_, to sleek.
POLKE, POK, _s._ A kind of net.
_Acts Ja. VI._
POLLAC, s. Apparently the gwiniad, a fish.
_Statist. Acc._
POLLIE-c.o.c.k, POUNIE-c.o.c.k, _s._ A turkey, S.
Fr. _paon_, also _poule_, d"Inde, id.
POLLIS, _s. pl._ Paws.
_Wallace._
POLLOCK, s. The young of the coalfish, Shetl.
_Statist. Acc._
POME, _s._ Perhaps pomatum.
_Douglas._
POMELL, _s._ A globe; metaph. the breast.
_Maitland Poems._