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

To PLUNK, v. n. To play the truant, S. O.

Teut. plenck-en, vagari, to straggle.

PLUNTED, probably for painted.
Leg. St Androis.

POB, POB-TOW, s. Refuse of flax, S. B. also pab.
Statist. Acc.

POCK-ARRS, s. pl. The marks left by the smallpox.
V. [Arr].

POCKED SHEEP, old sheep having a disease resembling scrofula, S.

POCKMANTEAU, s. Literally, a cloak-bag, S.
Meston.

POCK-SHAKINGS, s. pl. The youngest child of a family, S.

A very ancient Goth. idiom. Isl. belguskaka, ultimus parentum natus vel nata, from belg-ur, a bag or pock, and skak-a, to shake.

POD, s. Perhaps a toad; Teut. pode, id.
Montgomerie.