Pirrye, sb. whirlwind. Sat. P., I, 178. See bir.
Pocknet, sb. from O. N. poki, pouch and net, a net. A Dumfriesshire word. Not found in any Sco. text but given by Worsaae, p. 260, and in Jamieson, where the following description is given of pocknet fishing.
This is performed by fixing stakes or stours, as they are called, in the sand either in the channel of a river, or in the sand which is dry at low water. These stours are fixed in a line across the tideway at a distance of 46 inches from each other, about three feet high above the sand, and between every two of these stours is fixed a pocknet, tied by a rope to the top of each stour.
P. Dorneck, Dumr. Statist. Acc., II, 1.
Quey, quoy, sb. a young cow, a yearling. Douglas, II, 178, 19; II, 299, 8; Burns, 595. O. N. Norse kviga, Dan. dial. kvie. Cp. Shetland hwäi and kwäi. Cu. why, wheye (guttural wh).
Quhelm, whelm, vb. to overturn, to turn upside down. Douglas, II, 64, 14; II, 264, 16. Burns, 66, 1, also written quhelme, whamle, whemle. In Cu. whemmel, M. E. hwēlmen. See Skeat under whelm. Cp. Norse kvelm and hvelm. The O. N. hvelfa, N. Norse kvelva, means "to turn upside down."
Quyok, quyach, diminutive of quey, q. v.