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

Su. G. pott-a, digito vel baculo explorare; Belg. poter-en, fodicare.

Pout, s. A poker, S. A.

Pout-net, s. A round net fastened to two poles, by means of which the fishers poke the banks of rivers, to force out the fish, S.
Courant.

Poutstaff, s. A staff or pole used in fishing with a small net.
Wallace.

To POUZLE, v. n. To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S. B.; q. to puzzle.

To Pouzle, v. n. To trifle, Fife.

Teut. futsel-en, nugari.

POW, s. The head, the poll, S.
Ramsay.

To POW, v. a. To pluck, to pull, S.
Wallace.

POW, s. A pool.
Sir Tristrem.