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

PAITHMENT, s. The pastures.
Wallace.

O. Fr. padou-ir, L. B. padu-ire, to pasture; whence padouen and paduentum, pasture.

PAITLATTIS, s. pl. Uncertain.
Dunbar.

PALAD, s.
V. [Pallat].

PALAVER, s. Idle talk, S.

Hisp. palabra, Fr. palabre, a word.

To Palaver, v. n. To use a great many unnecessary words, S.

To PALE, v. a. To make an incision in a cheese, S.
Ramsay.

Flandr. poel-en, excavare.

Pale, s. The instrument used for trying the quality of a cheese, S.