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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
pearluinn, fine linen, muslin; from Sc. pearlin, lace of silk or thread, Eng. purl, edgin of lace, from Fr. pourfiler, Lat. filum, thread.
pearsa, a person, Ir. pearsa, g. pearsan, O. Ir. pearsa, g. persine; from Lat. persona, Eng. person.
pearsail, parsley, Ir. pearsáil; from M. Eng. persil, Eng. parsley.
peasair, pease, Ir. pis, a pea, pl. piseanna, W. pys, Br. pl. piz; from Lat. pisum, Eng. pease.
peasan, impudent fellow, varlet; from Eng. peasant.
peasg, gash in skin, chapped gashes of hands, cranny, W. pisg, blisters; G. is possibly of Pictish origin. The Sc. pisket shrivelled has been compared.
peata, a pet, Ir. peata, E. Ir. petta; Eng. pet. Both Eng. and Gadelic are formed on some cognate of Fr. petit, little, Eng. petty (Stokes).
peic, a peck, Ir. peic, W. pec; from Eng. pec.
peighinn, a penny, Ir. pighin, E. Ir. pingin; from Ag. S. pennding, Norse peningr, now Eng. penny.
peilig, a porpoise; from Sc. pellack.
peileasach, frivolous; cf. Sc. pell, a soft, lazy person.
peileid, cod, husk, bag:
peileid, a slap on the head, the skull or crown of the head; in the last sense, cf. Sc. pallet, crown of the head, M. Eng. palet, head-piece. In the sense of "slap", cf Eng. pelt.
peileir, a bullet, Ir. peileur, L.M. Ir. pelér: from some French descendant of Lat. pila, ball, and allied to Eng. pellet, O. Fr. pelote, ball, Sp. pelote, connon ball.
peilisteìr, a quoit, flat stone; formed from the above stem?
peillic, a covering of skins or coarse clothe, Ir. peillic, a booth whose roof is covered with skins, E. Ir. pellec, basket of untanned hide; from Lat. pelliceus, made of skins, from pellis.
peinneag, a chip of stone for filling crevices in wall; from Sc. pinning, pinn (do.), allied to Eng. pin.
peinnteal, a snare; another form of paintear, q.v.
peirceall, the jaw, lower part of the face, corer, Ir. peircioll, cheekblade, corer: *for-ciobhull, "on-jaw"? See ciobhull.
peirigill, deger, Ir. peiriacul; from Lat. periculum.
péire, the buttocks, Ir. péire (O'R.); cf. Cor. pedren, buttock, W. pedrain. The word peurs, lente perdere (M'A.), is doubtless connected.
peireid, ferret (M'A.).
péiris, testiculi (H.S.D.); apparently from Fr. pierre.
