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Rh *punctum:—the fourth or fifth part of an hour.
 * pundfalda:—a pound, a pinfold.
 * pundo:—a pinder.
 * punfauda. See pundfalda.
 * puniata:—a handful.
 * punicare:—to paint red.
 * punio. See punzunus.
 * puntum:—a point; the chape of a scabbard.
 * punzunus:—a punshion, stud or quarter, an upright timber used in building houses.
 * puralla:—purlieu.
 * purare:—to clear (ground).
 * purcachium, purchacia:—purchase, acquisition.
 * purcivandus:—a poursuivant.
 * purgacium:—purchase.
 * purila:—the tip of the nose.
 * purportare:—to extend.
 * purportum:—purport.
 * purprestura:—pourpresture, encroachment.
 * purprisa, purprisum:—an enclosure.
 * purpunctus:—a doublet. (Fr. pourpoint. )
 * putacius:—a polecat.
 * putagium:—fornication.
 * putura:—food for cattle, &c.; food for men, horses, and hounds, exacted by officers of a forest from the inhabitants; timber.
 * pyrgus:—a dice-box.
 * pyritegium:—curfew.
 * pyxis:—a pyx, a casket to contain the Host.

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 * quaccum:—cream.
 * quachetus:—a sort of bread used in Scotland.
 * quactum:—cream.
 * quadra:—a square loaf; a quarter of a loaf.
 * quadragena:—forty; a period of forty days.
 * quadragesima:—Lent.
 * quadragesimalia:—Easter offerings; or a rate paid in their stead.
 * quadrans:—a farthing.
 * quadrantata:—the quarter of an acre, a farthingdeal.
 * quadraria:—a quarel or quarry of glass; a stone quarry.
 * quadrellus:—a quarel, a square-headed bolt; a carrell, a small chamber for study in the cloister of a monastery.
 * quadrigarius:—wide enough for a waggon.
 * quadriporticus:—a peristyle.
 * quæsta:—an indulgence; a tax.
 * quæstabilis:—taxable.
 * quæstionarius:—a collector of alms; a seller of indulgences.
 * quæstus:—acquired by purchase.
 * qualificare:—to entitle; to describe.
 * qualus:—a thead, a strainer used in brewiug.
 * quarellus. See quadrellus.
 * quarentena:—quarentine, a space of forty days; Lent; a shot or shute, i.e., a square furlong, a space of 40 perches.