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_ Pitchin. Paving is done with large flat stones, “ pitching” with small uneven 
‘ ones. (A.) N. &S.W. 
q Pitching-bar. The iron bar used in pitching hurdles. (Amateur Poacher, 
ch. 2.) N. & S.W- 
: Pitch-up. A short rest, as when a cart is going up a steep hill. NE Wis 
Plain. Straightforward, unaffected, as “a plain ’ooman.” N. & S.W. 
=P lash, Pleach. To cut the upper branches of a hedge half through, and 
bend and intertwine them with those left upright below. (A.) Also Splash. 
Plat. The plateau or plain of the downs. S.W. 
Plim. To swell out (A.B.), as peas or wood when soaked in water. N. & S.W. 
Plocks. Large wood, or roots and stumps, sawn up into short lengths, and 
cleft for firewood. Plock-wood. (A.) N. & S.W. 
Plough. A waggon and horses, or cart and horses together, make a plough. 
(D.) See Kennett’s Paroch. Antig. N.W. 
*Ploughman’s-weatherglass. Anagallis arvensis, L., Scarlet Pim- 
pernel. S.W. (Barford.) 
Poach. (1) Of cattle, to trample soft ground into slush and holes. N. & SW. 
(2) Of ground, to become swampy from much trampling.. (Wild Life, 
ch. 20.) N. & S.W. 
Poison-berry. (1) Fruit of Arwm maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. N.W. 
(2) Fruit of Tamus communis, L., Black Bryony. N.W. 
Poison-root. Arum maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. N.W. 
Pole-ring. The ring which fastens the scythe-blade to the snead. (A.) N.W. 
Polt, Powlt. Ablow. (A.B.) N.W. 
~ Pooch out. (1) To project or stick out. N.W. 
4 (2) To cause to project. N.W. 
Pook. (1) 2. A small cock of hay, ete. N. & S.W. 
(2) v. To put up in pooks. (D.) N. & S.W. 
q Pooker. A woman employed in pooking. Pookers’-tea. The yearly 
treat given to the pookers. Pooking-fork, the large prong, with a 
cross handle, for pushing along in front of the pookers, to make up the hay 
into pooks. 5.W.- 
i Pop-hole. A rabbit-hole running right through a bank, as opposed to 
blind-hole. (Gamekeeper at Home, ch. 6.) Any hole through a 
hedge, wall, etc. N.W. 
7 Poppy. (1) Digitalis purpurea, L., Foxglove, so called because children 
inflate and “pop” the blossoms. Papaver is only known as “ Redweed ” 
by children about Salisbury. , S.W. 
