Pearl-blind. See Purley.
Peart. (1) Impertinent (A.S.).—N. & S.W. (2) In good health. 'How be 'ee?' 'Aw, pretty peart, thank'ee.'—N. & S.W. (3) Clever, quick, intelligent.—S.W. (4) Stinging, sharp, as a blister.—S.W. (5) Lively. 'Her's as peart as ar' a bird, that's what her is!'—N.W.
Peck. (1) n. A pickaxe.—N. & S.W. (2) v. To use a pickaxe.—N. & S.W. (3) v. Of a horse, to trip or stumble: also Peck-down.—N.W.
'Captain Middleton's horse "pecked"—it is presumed through putting its foot in a hole—and threw the rider.'—Daily Telegraph, April 11, 1892.
*Pecker. n. The nose (S.).—S.W.
Pecky. Inclined to stumble. 'Th'old hoss goes terr'ble pecky.'—N.W.
Peel. (1) A lace-making pillow (A.B.). A little 'Peel lace' is still made about Malmesbury. A.S. pile.—N.W. (2) The pillow over the axle of a waggon (D.). See Waggon.—N.W. (3) The pole, with a flat board at end, for putting bread into the oven.—N.W.
Peggles. See Pig-all.
Pelt. Rage, passion (A.S.). 'A come in, in such a pelt.'—N. & S.W. The word occurs in this sense in some old plays. Herrick alludes in Oberon's Palace to 'the stings of peltish wasps,' and Topsell uses 'pelting' for angry or passionate.
'You zims 'mazin afeert to zee your gran'fer in a pelt! 'Ten't often as I loses my temper, but I've a-lost 'un now.'—Dark, ch. xii.