Ponshard. See Panshard.
Pooch out. (1) To project or stick out.—N.W. (2) To cause to project.—N.W. (3) 'To pooch out the lips,' to pout.—N.W.
Pook. (1) n. A small cock of hay, &c. (S.).—N. & S.W. (2) v. To put up in pooks (D.).—N. & S.W.
Pooker. A woman employed in pooking.—S.W.
Pookers'-tea. The yearly treat given to the pookers.—S.W.
Pooking-fork. The large prong, with a cross handle, for pushing along in front of the pookers, to make up the hay into pooks.—S.W.
Pop-hole. A rabbit-hole running right through a bank, as opposed to Blind-hole (Gamekeeper at Home, ch. vi). Any hole through a hedge, wall, &c.—N.W.
Popple-stone. A pebble (S.). A.S. papol.—S.W.
Poppy, or Poppies. (1) Digitalis purpurea, L., Foxglove, so called because children inflate and 'pop' the blossoms. Papaver is only known as 'Red-weed' by children about Salisbury.—S.W. (2) Silene inflata, L., Bladder Campion, also 'popped' by children.—S.W. (Salisbury.) *(3) Stellaria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort (Sarum Diocesan Gazette).—N. & S.W. (Lyneham and Farley.)