Su. G. _pikande_, Fr. _piquant_, id.

PICKEREL, _s._ The dunlin.

_Sibbald._

PICKERY, _s._

V. ~Pikary~.

PICKIE-MAN, _s._ A miller's servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order, S. B.

V. ~Pik~, _v._

PICKLE, PUCKLE, _s._

1. A grain of corn, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. A single seed, S.

_Z. Boyd._

3. Any minute particle, S.

_Rutherford._

4. A small quant.i.ty, S.

_Ross._

5. A few, S.; Su. G. _pik_, grain when it begins to germinate.

_P. Buch. Dial._

PI-COW, ~Pi-ox~, _s._ The game of _Hide and Seek_, Ang.

PICTARNIE, _s._ The great tern, S.

Sw. _tarna_, Dan. _taerne_.

_Pennant._

PIEGE, _s._ A trap, a snare, Perths.; _puge_, Border; Fr. _piege_, id.

PIE-HOLE, _s._ An eye-hole, S.

Dan. _pig_, _pyg_, a point.

PIEL, _s._ An iron wedge for boring stones, S. B.

A. S. _pil_, stylus.

PIER, _s._ A quay or wharf, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

PIETe, PIETIE, _s._ Pity.

_Douglas._

PIG, PYG, _s._

1. An earthen vessel, S.

_Douglas._

2. A potsherd, S.

Gael. _pigadh_, _pigin_, an earthen pitcher.

~Pig-man~, _s._ A seller of crokery.

_Colvil._

~Pig-wife~, A woman who sells crokery, S.

PIGGIES, _s. pl._ Iron rods from which streamers are hung.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _pigg_, stimulus, stilus.

PIGGIN, _s._ A small wooden or earthen vessel; Dumfr.