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

PHINOC, s. A species of grey trout.
V. [Finnack].
Pennant.

PHIOLL, s.
V. [Fyell].

PITHONES, s. A Pythoness, a witch.
Barbour.

To PHRASE, FRAISE, v. a. To talk of with boasting.
Rutherford.

Phraser, s.
1. A braggart, braggadocio.
Bp. Galloway.
2. A wheedling person, S.

To Phraise, v. n. To use wheedling language, S.

Phraise, Fraise, s. To mak a phraise,
1. To pretend interest in another, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. To use flattery, S.
R. Galloway.
3. Falsely to pretend to do a thing, to exhibit an appearance without real design, S.
Baillie.
4. To make great shew of reluctance, when one is really inclined, S.
Ross.
5. To talk more of a matter than it deserves, S.
Ramsay.
6. To make much ado about a slight ailment, S.

PYAT, PYOT, s. The magpie, S.
Houlate.

Gael. pighaidi, C. B. pioden, id.

PIBROCH, s. A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to martial music, S.
Minstrelsy Border.