Said to be a corruption of perilous, which is certainly not its meaning in Cumberland.
Pash, C, to dash or thrust down forcibly.
“Barne! I pash’t them doon.“—Said by Wm. Jackson to a neighbour’s daughter after his first victory at the Flan wrestling.
Pauchtie, S, proud, supercilious.
”Pauchtie damsels, bred at courts,
Wha thraw the mou’ an’ tak’ the dorts.”
Ferguson. The Gowdspink.
Pawkie, S, sly.
“A thief sae pawkie is my Jean.”
Burns.