_Ruddiman._
4. A deep hole scooped out in a rock, by the eddies of a river, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
5. A moss-hole from whence peats have been dug.
V. ~Pete-pot~.
Teut. _put_, fovea; lacuna, palus; given as synon. with _pool_.
POTARDS, _s. pl._ L. dotards.
_More._
POTENT, _adj._ Wealthy, q. powerful in money, S.
_Priests Peblis._
POTENT, _s._
1. A gibbet.
_Compl. S._
2. A crutch.
_Gl. Sibb._
Fr. _potence_, a gibbet; also a crutch.
POTTINGAR, _s._ An apothecary.
_Evergreen._
L. B. _Potagiar-ius_, coquus pulmentarius.
~Pottingry~, _s._ The work of an apothecary.
_Dunbar._
POUDER, POWDER, _s._ Dust; Fr. _poudre_.
_R. Bruce._
POUERALL, PURELL, _s._ The rabble.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _povrail_, _paurail_, paupertinus.
POUNCE, _s._ Long meadow-grasses, Orkn.
_Neill._
Isl. _punt-r_, gramen barbatum, a sharp-pointed grass.
POUNE, POWNE, _s._ A peacock; S. _pownie_.
_Douglas._
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._