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PURSY, _s._ Short-breathed and fat.
O. Fr. _pourcif_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
PURSILL, _s._ As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q. _purse-fill_.
PURS-PYK, _s._ A pickpocket.
_Dunbar._
PURTYE, POORt.i.tH, _s._ Poverty.
S. O. Fr. _pourete_.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ PUT, _v. n._ To push with the head or horns, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _bott-en_, C. B. _pwt-iaw_, id.
To ~Put~ _at_, _v. a._ To push against.
_Knox._
To ~Put~ _on_, _v. a._ To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.
_Leg. St Androis._
~Put~, ~Putt~, _s._
1. A thrust, a push, S.
_Knox._
2. Metaph. an attempt.
_Pennecuik._
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