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

PUNDELAYN, s.
Barbour.

Fr. Pantaleon, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.

PUNDIE, s. A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a pound weight of water.

PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, s. An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.
Barry.

Su. G. pundare, statera; from pund, libra.

PUNDLER, PUNLER, s.
1. A distrainer, Ang.
V. [Poinder].
Bann. MS.
2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.

To PUNGE, v. a.
V. [Punye].

PUNGER, s. A species of crab.
Sibbald.

PUNYE, s. A small body of men.
Barbour.

Fr. poignée de gens, a handful of people.