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 HAMPSHIRE QLOSSABT. 67 Picked Fpikt], acff. (1) Sharp, pointed. — Wiae, New Forest, (2) Sharp-featured ; said of a person. — ^W. It is neyer pronounced as a monosyllable in N. H. See PeakecL^W. H. 0. PiclOBh, Picluome [pik-ish, pik'snm], adj, dainty. — Cooper. Pro- nounced j^ee^A in North Hants, where it also sign&es sickly, delicate- looking. Ex. ' She do look very peakish of late.' — W. H. 0. Piggin [pig'in], eb. a round wooden tub, with a long, upright handle, — N.H. Piggy back [pig*i-bak], adv. on the back. Spelt also pickaback^ pigbdckf &0. — F. M. Pighau, Piganl [pig-hau, pig*aul], eb. the beny of the whitethorn. ♦Ak. Pightle [pei-tul], sb. a small field.— K. H. Pigweed [pigweed], sb, Ohenopodium album. Polygonum apiculare. — J. B. Pile. See OYenpUe. Pill [pil], sb, a pitcher.— J. Pinoh [pinsh], sb. a crisiB. Ex. ' It has come to the pincJi now.' — N. H. Pincher-bob [pin*shur-bob], sb. the stag-beetle. — N. H. Pink, Pinker [pink, pin*kur], adj. small ; applied especially to the eyes. ' Bacchus with pink ey^eJ-^Ant. and Cleop. iL 7. — ^W. Pish, Pishty [pish, pisht-i], inierf. a cry or call to a dog. - *Ak. Piss-a-bed [pis'a-bed], sb. the common dandelion. — ^F. M. Leontodon taraxacum. Pit [pit], V. a. to back; to set to fight — K H. Pitch [pich], sb. uneven ground, an undulation in the ground.-— n.h; Pitch, V. n. (1) To undulate, to be uneven. Ex. ' The gfomd pitches in that field.'— N. H. (2) To waste, to sink in flesL — ^Lisle. Pitchers [pich-urz], sb. pi. boughs of withy, cut for planting, espe- cially to make hedges. — W. Pitchin [pich'in], sb. used in distinction from paving ; the latter being performed with flat or' large stones, but pitchin with small, uneven ones. In North Hants generally flints. — ^W. H. G. Pity [pit*i], sb. love. ' Pity is akin to love,' says Shakespeare ; but in the W. of Eng. it is often the same. — ^Wise, New Forest. Plash [plash], sb. a mill-head; as ' Winkton plash.' — Wise, New Forest. r a