Part 643 (1/2)

_To_ PUNGE, _v. a._

V. ~Punye~.

PUNGER, _s._ A species of crab.

_Sibbald._

PUNYE, _s._ A small body of men.

_Barbour._

Fr. _poignee de gens_, a handful of people.

_To_ PUNYE, PUNGE, _v. a._

1. To pierce.

_Wallace._

2. To sting.

_Fordun._

3. To sting; applied to the mind.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _poign-er_, Lat. _pungere_.

PUNYOUN, _s._ Side, party.

V. ~Opinion~.

_Wallace._

PUNSIS, PUNCIS, _s. pl._ Pulses.

Corr. from _pulse_.

_Montgomerie._

PURCHES, _s._

1. An amour.