Posy. The garden Peony, from its size.
Pot, or Put. (The latter is the usual S. Wilts form.) *(1) A tub or barrel (D.).—Obsolete. (2) A two-wheeled cart, made to tilt up and shoot its load (D.).—N. & S.W. Manure used formerly to be carried out to the fields in a pair of pots slung across a horse's back. When wheels came into general use the term was transferred to the cart used for the same purpose (D.). See Dung-pot.
Pot-dung. Farmyard manure (Agric. of Wilts, ch. vii).—N.W.
Pots-and-Kettles. Fruit of Buxus sempervirens, L., Box.—S.W. (Barford St. Martin, Deverill, &c.)
*Pot-walloper A 'pot-waller,' or person possessing a house with a 'pot-wall,' or kitchen fireplace for cooking. All such persons formerly had votes for the borough of Wootton Bassett. See Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxiii. p. 172.
Poult. (1) 'A turkey poult,' a young turkey.—N. & S.W. (2) 'A perfect poult,' an awkward girl.—S.W. (Warminster.)
Pounceful. Masterful, self-willed. Cf. Bounceful. 'He preached pouncefully,' i.e. powerfully, forcibly.—S.W.
Powder-monkey. (1) Damp gunpowder, moulded into a 'devil,' or cake which will smoulder slowly, used by boys for stupefying a wasp's nest. (2) Ash leaves with an even number of leaflets, worn by boys on the afternoon of May 29. See Shitsack Day.
Power. 'A power o' volk,' a number of people. A quantity of anything.—N. & S.W.