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

POKE, s. A swelling under the jaw; a disease of sheep, S., perhaps as resembling a pock or bag.
Statist. Acc.

POLDACH, s. Marshy ground lying on the side of a body of water, Ang.

Belg. polder, a marsh, a meadow on the shore.

POLICY, POLLECE, s. The pleasure-ground about a gentleman's seat, S.

Fr. police.

Acts Ja. V.

POLIST, adj. Artful; generally as including the idea of fawning, S.

E. polish; Fr. polir, to sleek.

POLKE, POK, s. A kind of net.
Acts Ja. VI.

POLLAC, s. Apparently the gwiniad, a fish.
Statist. Acc.