Phantom, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Fr. fantosme
Pick, _v. a._ Pol. S. p. 150. part. ‘pycchynde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Piece, _sb._ == a portion, bit. RG. 555. St Kath. 229
Pilkoc, _sb._ == the penis. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pill, _v. a._ == rob. Pol. S. 150. Fr. piller
Pillar, _sb._ Alys. 6242. Fr. pilier. Lat. pila
Piment, _sb._ == a kind of wine. HD. 1728. Alys. 4178. See the recipe for making it in Halliwell, _s. v._
---- == pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 6146
---- _v. a._ == make to pine. Ps. xxxvi. 28. part. ‘ypyned.’ RG. 449
Pink, _v. n._ == prick or stab. Pol. S. 156. AS. pyngan
Pinnuc, _sb._ == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 1128. See Wright’s Vocabularies, p. 177, where ‘lirifa’ is translated ‘pynok’
Pinse, _v. a._ == pinch, torture, part. ‘ipinsed.’ Fall and P. 89. Dut. pinssen. Fr. pincer
Pipe, _sb._ == musical instrument. Alys. 7769. AS. píp
Pirate, _sb._ == a kind of ship. Alys. 6182
Pircle, _v. n._ == slobber at the mouth. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pirope, _sb._ == a precious stone. Alys. 5682. Gr. πυρωπός
Pit, _sb._ RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764
Pitch, _sb._ RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620; [pays]. Alys. 1630
---- _v. a._ == smear with pitch. HD. 707. part. ‘ipiched’ 94 β
Pitch, _v. a._ == fix. pret. ‘pight.’ RG. 51, 29. part. ‘ypiȝt.’ RG. 48
Pith, _sb._ [pid]. Body and Soul, 38. AS. piða
Pity, _sb._ == pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 532, 537
Plaid, Plait, _sb._ == pleading. O. and N. 1735, 5
Plaster, _sb._ == remedy, ‘plaster of penance.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 89
Plate, _adj._ == flat. Alys. 2001. Fr. plat. Germ. platt
Plate, _sb._ == a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. i. 144. Span. plata
Plattinde, _part._ == journeying. See Plette and Strike
Play, _sb._ RG. 272; [ple]. RG. 266; [plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega
---- _v. n._ [plawe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 45; pret. ‘pleide.’ RG. 507
---- _v. a._--‘to play hands’ == clap hands. Ps. xcvii. 8
Plette, _v. a._ == strike. HD. 2444; pret. ‘plat.’ HD. 2755; ‘plette.’ HD. 2626. part. ‘plattinde’ == journeying. HD. 2282. Compare the double sense of ‘strike,’ _q. v._ AS. plættian
Plight, _v. a._ == pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 5859
Plight, _sb._ == harm, danger. HD. 1370, 2002. AS. pliht
Plight, _v. a._ == pledge. RG. 357; part. ‘yplyȝt.’ RG. 388. AS. plihtan
Plot, _sb._ (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. plat