Page:The ancient language, and the dialect of Cornwall.djvu/250

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230 dug out. (Pallace is by Phillips derived from pallida, pales or paled fences. In Devonshire it means a storehouse ; in Totness, *^ a landing place enclosed but not roofed in." according to a Lease granted by the corporation of Totness in 1703. Brewer's Dichj.) Pan bed. See Hoppety bed. Panes. Parsnips. This is a Celtie Cornish word, panan, a parsnip, panes, or panez, parsnips. Pannier-crooks. See Crooks. Pan-crock. A large, brown, earthen pan. Panshion. A milk pan. M.A.C. Park. An enclosure, a field. Pare is a Celtic Cornish word for the same. Parrick. A little jug. t.w.s. Pasher. A clumsy workman. T.c. Patch-hook. A bill-hook. M.A.C. Pattic. A simpleton, a fool. Pawse. A cold that runs at the nose. Polivliele. From the Celtic Cornish paz or pas, a cough. Peach. Chlorite. A bluish green soft stone. A lode of this stone is called *'a Peachy lode." Peart. Brisk, lively. (Peo,rk, Spenser.) Peas. The hard roe of fishes. Peson, or Paisen. Pease. This is the old plural form. In Celtic Cornish pes means pease, pulse. Peson. Chaucer.