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PON'.—Pond.

POORLY.—Out of health.

POORTMANKLE.—A portmanteau.

POP.—To "pop" a whip is to clang it.

A "pop on the yead" is a blow on the head.

To "pop awaay" a thing is to secrete it hurriedly.

POPPIN' ABOUT.—Applied to the frequent shooting of unskilful sportsmen.

Moving quickly from one place to another near at hand.

POSSUT.—A kind of gruel; "tracle-possut" and "mon-possut" are considered excellent remedies for a cold.

POSSEY.—A large number.

"Ther be a possey o' volk gone to Vaair, to-day, to be zure."

POSTER.—To strut.

"To zee that ther chap poster along, thee 'ood zay a was a Lerd !"

("Poster" is pronounced to rhyme with "coster" in "costermonger.")

POSTERIN'.—Walking conceitedly, strutting.

POT-A-BILIN'.—Keeping continually in progress or in onward motion.

POT-BELLIED.—Stout.

POT-DUNG.—Farm-yard dung.

POT-LUCK.—A meal without notice or much preparation.

POT-LIQUOR.—Water in which meat has been boiled.

POTSHERDS.—Broken pieces of earthenware.

POTTER.—To busy one's self about trifles; to act in a shiftless way and without energy.

POTTERIN' ABOUT.—Fidgetting or idling about to the detriment or annoyance of others.

POUND.—To pummel with the fists.

As regards the arrangement in the "Village Pound" for imprisonment of stray cattle, vide Tally.

To knock continuously with a stick or implement, so as to make as much noise as possible.