pearlin, pearlins, III, 9 f., 6, 14; IV, 448 a, 2d line: pearls.
pearling, pearlin, II, 323, 6; IV, 326, 16: lace.
pearting, parting, separation.
peat, I’se gar ye dance upon a peat, V, [104] b (a threat): on a (burning) peat, make it hot for you.
pecis, III, 65, 175: vessels (of silver), probably cups.
peed, IV, 316, 14: pu’d, pulled.
peel, I, 403, 9: pool.
peel, a tower, stronghold; climbing the peel seems inappropriate at IV, 6, 4; V, [249], 4, unless the meaning be that the peel was “ransakled” for valuables (since kye would not be kept in the peel).
peeped, V, [10], 3: spoke faintly, whined.
peerls, peerls many, IV, 134, 10: poor folk (Chaucer’s poraille). B 8, C 6, D 10, F 8, G 4, etc., poor folk many.