Once. Sometime. “I will pay you once this week,” does not mean in contradistinction to twice, but I will pay you sometime during the week.
Overrunner, An. A shrew mouse, which is supposed to portend ill-luck if it runs over a person’s foot. In Dorsetshire it is called a “shrocop,” where the same superstition is believed. See Barnes’ Glossary of the Dorset Dialect, p. 382.
Panshard, or Ponshard, A. Rage, anger. “You have no need to get in a panshard,” is a most common saying. See “[peel],” further on.
Patchy. Testy. Said of people who proverbially “blow hot and cold.”
Peel, A. A disturbance, noise. “To be in a peel,” means, to be in a passion. Used in much the same sense as the word “pelt,” which is rightly explained in the glossaries as anger, noise, rage, though it is, perhaps, more spoken of animals than “peel.” “What a pelt the dog is making,” that is, barking, would be said rather than “peel.”
Picked. Sharp, pointed. “A picked piece,” means a field with one or more sharp angular corners.
Pity. Love. “Pity is akin to love,” says Shakspeare, but in the West of England it is often the same.
Plash, A. A mill-head. Winkton is locally called Winkton Plash, this exactly corresponding to the Weringetone of Domesday, with its two mills “ad aulam.”
Puck, To. To put up sheaves, especially of barley and oats, which are called “pucks.” Used throughout the West of England in contradistinction to “hiling,” applied only to wheat, which is placed in “hiles.” In Dorsetshire, however, this last operation is called “stitching.” See the word “stitch” in Mr. Barnes’ Glossary of the Dorsetshire Dialect, p. 391.
Quar, A. The udder of a cow or sheep, when hard after calving or lambing. Beer also is said to be “quarred,” when it drinks hard or rough.