An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To PAIS, PASE, v. a.
1. To poise.
Douglas.
2. To lift up.
Chr. Kirk.

Fr. pes-er, Ital. pes-are, to weigh.

Paisses, s. pl. The weights of a clock, S.
V. [Pace].
Z. Boyd.

PAYS, PAS, PASE, PASCE, PASK, PASCH, s. Easter; pron. as pace, S. B. elsewhere as peace.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. pascha, A. S. pasche, &c. id.

Pascheewyn, s. The evening preceding Easter.
Barbour.

Pays-eggs, Eggs dyed of various colours, given to children to amuse themselves with at the time of Easter, S.

Dan. paaske-egg, coloured eggs; Belg. pasch-eyeren, ova paschalia.

Patsyad, s. A contemptuous term for a female who has nothing new to appear in at Easter; originating from the custom which prevails among Episcopalians, of having a new dress for this festival, S. B.

From Pays, and perh. yad, an old mare.