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

PERNICKITIE, adj.
1. Precise in trifles, S.
2. Very trim in dress, S.

Fr. par, and niquet a trifle.

PERONAL, s. A girl.
Maitland P.

O. Fr. perronnelle.

PERPEN, s. A partition.
V. [Parpane].

PERQUER, PERQUEIR, PERQUIRE, adv.
1. Exactly, S.
Barbour.
2. Separate as to place.
Baillie.

Fr. par coeur; or per quair, i. e. by book.

Perqueir, Perquire, adj. Accurate, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.

PERRAKIT, s. A sagacious, talkative, or active child, Fife; q. a parroquet.

PERRE, s. Precious stones, O. Fr.
Sir Gawan.