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

PICKERY, s.
V. [Pikary].

PICKIE-MAN, s. A miller's servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order, S. B.
V. [Pik], v.

PICKLE, PUCKLE, s.
1. A grain of corn, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. A single seed, S.
Z. Boyd.
3. Any minute particle, S.
Rutherford.
4. A small quantity, S.
Ross.
5. A few, S.

Su. G. pik, grain when it begins to germinate.

P. Buch. Dial.

PI-COW, Pi-ox, s. The game of Hide and Seek, Ang.

PICTARNIE, s. The great tern, S.

Sw. tarna, Dan. taerne.

Pennant.

PIEGE, s. A trap, a snare, Perths.; puge, Border; Fr. piege, id.