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Rh *Precentor, 73, leader of singing in church
 * Pree, 97, 171, to try by tasting; var. of preive, by-form of prove—"The proof o' the puddin's the preein' o't."—Prov.
 * Prepositions, use of, 89, 91
 * Preses, 72, president, Sc. law term
 * Preterite or past time, 35, 37
 * Pretty, 93, O.E. praettig, crafty, Ic. prett-r; trick, Du. pret, joke, pratte, cunning. Sense development active after 15th c. Gael. prattick in text for protaig, and prob. a borrowed word
 * Prigging, 154, higgling over a bargain; or. obsc.
 * Primitive relative, 39
 * Probationer, 75, 76, preacher licensed but not ordained to a benefice
 * Process, 72, Sc. law
 * †Prochen, 160, Gael. brochan; not conn. with E. broth
 * Proheebit, 88, prohibited
 * Pronominal particle, 39
 * Prooie! 148, call to a cow. Jam. ptru, ptroo, pru. Cf. trooie, and its var. treesh, Ab.
 * Protticks, 93
 * Proudflesh, 139, inflamed flesh on a cut, likely to become gangrenous
 * Prove, 73, put to proof
 * Proverbial sayings, 67
 * Publict, witht, 12, 194
 * Pucklie, 138, 145, a grain of corn, a small quantity; var. of pickle


 * Puddocks, 121, frogs; E. paddock, a toad, M.E. padde, Du. padde, pad; "root spad, to jerk, the one that moves by jerks."—Sk.


 * Puggie, 66, 70, applied to a tipsy man,—"a bonnie-like puggie he made o' himsel'." (J. B. F.) In my native village "Pug" Mailin (Melville), a pensioned soldier, got his nickname from his favourite expression for a dram
 * Pumfle, 65, penfold
 * Puny, 133, Fr. puis né, puîné, Lat. post natus, born after
 * Pussy bawdrons, 135. See bawdrons
 * Putten, 36, for put


 * Quaich, 68, Gael cog
 * Quantity, 94, Sc. for
 * Quarrel, 92, idiom
 * Quean, 16, 18, young woman, Go. qwen-s, qwein-s, a woman, A.S. cwén, Gr. γυνή, queen, "quinon widuwon," Go. a widow woman
 * Queet, 152, Ab. cüte, ankle. This is the pron. of the N.E. proverb, "Better be oot o' the queets than oot o' the fashion." See cüte
 * Quern, 160, 253, Go. kwairnus, a meal-mill, E. cor-n, ker-nel, churn, Sc. kirn, Ic. kirna; or. to curdle or form into curds (cf. Sc. curn, corn), Du. kern, grain. See asila-quairnus
 * Quhway, 78, quey, heifer
 * Quickens, 145, 182, couch-grass; from quick, living


 * R, 80, effect on contiguous vowels
 * Raaga, 133, Orc. youngest of a litter, Gael, ruig, ruige, a wrigling. See wrig
 * Racial heredity, 103
 * Rackon, 169, Cu. reckon
 * Raenen, reen, 136, 140, noise. Jam. has rane, reane, tedious, idle talk, to rane or cry the same thing over and over again. Conn. are Sc. roun, to whisper, E. round, Ger. raunen—all from AS. rún, a mystery
 * Rag-wort, 123, 148. See bun-weed, weebie
 * Raid, redd, reddin' up, 62, 68, 180, 198, separate, "redd a pley," settle a broil: or. sense, to put in order, make ready
 * Rain, 2.3, rign. Go.; rain, Du. and Ger. Regen
 * Ramsch, 136, to eat voraciously, with noise; Ic. hramms-a, to snatch violently, prob. onomat.; Shet. rampse, disagreeable to taste. Da. ram, rank, harsh