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Glossary of Latin Words.
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  • 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.

Q.

  • 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.