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

Fr. poignant, id.

PONNYIS, s. Weight, influence; Teut. pondigh, ponderosus.

Gl. Sibb.

PONNYIS, Leg. pennyis, money.
Houlate.

POO, s. A crab, E. Loth. Pulloch, Ang.

O. Fr. pole, sorte de poisson.

POORTITH, s. Poverty.
V. [Purtye].

POPE'S KNIGHTS, s. pl. A designation formerly given to priests of the church of Rome, who were at the same time distinguished by the title of Sir.
V. [Schir].
Spotswood.

POPIL, s. A poplar.
Complaynt S.

Fr. peuple, Lat. popul-us, id.