Pea-jacket, Dutch pije, a rough woollen coat. ‘Jacket’ is redundant. Not connected with pea.
Peal of bells, Fr. appel, a call with drum or trumpet.
Penthouse, O. E. pentice, Fr. appentis, Lat. appendicium. Not connected with house. A corruption like Bird-cage Walk for Bocage, (shrubbery) walk.
Pickaxe, O. Fr. pikois. No connection with axe.
Poach, originally to put into the pouch or pocket. Cf. to bag, to Pocket, sack and satchel.
Pocket, a little poke or pouch.
Porpoise, the hog fish, from Lat. porcus, a pig, and piscis, a fish.
Proxy, contracted from an obsolete procuracy, a taking care of for another.
Quicklime, lime in a quick or active state. Compare the phrase, ‘the quick and the dead.’ Cf. also quicksand = sand easily moved, quicksilver, a fluid metal which is very mobile.
Rhyme, properly rime = number, confused with rhythm = flow.