_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._

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