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

PALYARD, s. A lecher, a rascal.

Fr. paillard, id.

Lyndsay.

Palyardry, s. Whoredom.
Douglas.

PALL, PEAL, s. Any rich or fine cloth.
Gawan and Gol.

Isl. pell, textum pretiosum; O. Fr. paile, sericum.

PALLACH, PALLACK, s.
1. A porpoise, S.
Sibbald.
2. A lusty person, S. B.
Journ. Lond.

PALLALL, PALLALLS, s. A game of children, in which they hop on one foot through different triangular spaces chalked out, driving a bit of slate or broken crokery before them, S.; in E. Scotch-hop.

PALLAT, PALAD, s. The crown of the head, S.
Douglas.

O. Fr. palet, sorte d'armure de tête; Roquef.