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PENNY-MAILL, _s._

1. Rent paid in money.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. A small sum paid to a proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment of superiority.

V. ~Mail~.

_Maitland P._

PENNYSTANE, PENNY-STONE, _s._ A flat stone used as a quoit. _To play at the pennystane_, to play with quoits of this kind, S.

_Pennant._

_A pennystane cast_, the distance to which a stone-quoit may be thrown.

_Barbour._

PENNYWHEEP, _s._ Small beer, Aberd.

V. ~Whip~.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

PENNY-WIDDIE, _s._

V. ~Pin-the-Widdie~.

PENNON, _s._ A small banner.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. id. Alem. _fanon_, vexillum.

PENSEIL, PINSEL, _s._ A small streamer, borne in battle.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _penoncel_, _pencel_, a flag.

PENSY, PENSIE, _adj._

1. Having a mixture of self-conceit and affectation in one's appearance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Spruce, S. B.

_Popular Ball._

Fr. _pensif_, thinking of.

~Pensylie~, _adv._ In a self-important manner, S.

_Ramsay._

PENTHLAND, PENTLAND, _s._ The middle part of Scotland, especially Lothian.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Corr. from _Pichtland_, or _Petland_.

_To_ PENTY, _v. a._ To fillip, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _pointer_, blesser, porter des coupes; Dict. Trev.

~Penty~, ~Pentie~, _s._ A fillip, S.

PEPE, PEEP, _s._

1. The chirp of a bird, S.

_King's Quair._

_To play peep_, to mutter, S.

2. The act of speaking with a shrill small voice, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _piep-en_, Su. G. _pip-a_, &c. id.

PEPPER-DULSE, _s._ Jagged fucus, S.

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