Pig-weed. Symphytum officinale, L., Comfrey.—N.W. (Enford.)
Pillars. See Waggon.
Pimrose. A primrose. Also used in Hants.—N. & S.W.
Pin-bone. The hip bone; sometimes the hip itself.—N.W.
Pincushion. (1) Anthyllis vulneraria, L., Kidney Vetch.—S.W. (Barford.) (2) Scabiosa arvensis, L., Field Scabious.—S.W. (Charlton.)
Pinner. A servant's or milker's apron; a child's pinafore being generally called Pinney.—N. & S.W.
'Next morn I missed three hens and an old cock, And off the hedge two pinners and a smock.'
Gay, The Shepherd's Week.
Pinny-land. Arable land where the chalk comes close to the surface, as opposed to the deeper clay land.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Pins. The hips. A cow with hips above its back is said to be 'high in the pins.'—N.W.