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. paonneau, a young peacock.

To POUNSE, PUNSE, v. a. To carve, to emboss.
Douglas.

Teut. ponts-en, punts-en, caelare, scalpere.

POURIN, s. A very small quantity of any liquid, S., from E. to pour.

POURIT, part. adj. Impoverished.
V. [Pure], v.
Gl. Sibb.

POURPOURE, s. Purple.
Douglas.

Fr. pourpre, id.

To POUSS, v. n.
1. To push, S.
Bp. Forbes.
2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of washing, S.

Teut. polss-en int water, quatere aquas.

Pouss, s. A push, S.