Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Pament, s. pavement, F 1374 n.

Pan, s. brain-pan, skull, A 1165, B 3142.

Panade, s. kind of knife (see note), A 3929, 3960.

Panier, s. pannier, E 1568; Paniers, pl. panniers, baskets for bread, HF. 1939.

Panne, s. pan, A 3944, D 1614, 1623, G 1210. A.S. panna.

Pans, pl. pence, T. iii. 1375 n. See Peny.

Panter, s. bag-net for birds, L. 131 (see note); Panteres, pl. nets, R. 1621. O.F. pantiere.

Papeiay (papejei), s. popinjay, B 1559, 1957, E 2332; Papingay (papinjei), R. 81. Properly a parrot; applied in England to the green wood-pecker (Gecinus viridis). See Popiniay.

Paper, s. account-book, A 4404; Papeer, paper, G 762; Papir, paper, T. v. 1597; I 445.

Paper-whyt, adj. white as paper, L. 1198.