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

Poynder, Pundare, s. One who distrains, S.
Stat. Rob. I.

POINER, s. One who lives by digging and selling [feal], [divots] or clay, Inverness.
Law Case.

O. Fr. pionnier is used in a similar sense.

V. Roquefort.

POYNIES, s. pl. Gloves.
Skene.

Fr. poing, the fist.

POYNTAL, s.
1. A sharp sword or dagger.
Douglas.

Fr. pointille, a prick or point. O. Fr. punhal, a dagger.

2. A quill for playing on the harp.
Douglas.

To POIST, PUIST, v. a. To push.
V. [Poss].