Plumb. 'A plumb man,' an upright man, one who always keeps his word.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
*Polly Dishwasher. Motacilla, The Wagtail.—S.W. (Deverill.)
*Pot-hangel. The same as Hanglers, q.v.—S.W. (Deverill.)
Prick-timber. Euonymus Europaeus, L., Spindle-tree.—N. & S.W., obsolete.
'Prick-timber ... is common, especially in North Wilts. The butchers doe make skewers of it,—because it doth not taint the meate as other wood will doe: from whence it hath the name of prick-timber.'—Aubrey's Nat. Hist. Wilts, p. 56, ed. Brit.
Purry. Turnips sometimes get quite 'purry,' i.e. become spongy and bad and full of holes. Perhaps a contraction of purrished (perished).—N.W.
*Quag. n. A shake, a state of trembling. 'He's all of a quag with fear.'—S.W.
*Quean. Add:—S.W. (Deverill.)
Quob. (2) Add:—S.W. (Deverill.)
Quobble. n. and v. After being a long while at the wash-tub a woman's hands are apt to get 'all in a quobble,' or 'ter'ble quobbled,' that is, shrivelled and drawn and wrinkled up. See Sob.—N.W.