GLOSSARY 



293 



Parfiters,parfitors,parfit- 



OURS, PARFYTEIROS, the third 



or last relay of hounds 7, 10 

 Partel, a part of portion 

 Parteyneth, appertaineth 

 Partie, part 



Pase, pace, to step slowly, 130 

 Pearls, the excrescences on 



the stag's antlers, App. 

 Pece, piece 



Peechtre, peochetre, peach- 

 tree, 102 

 Pel, y X. peau, skin 

 Percel, parsley, loi 

 Perche, the main beam of the 



stag's antler, App. 

 Perfite, perfeet, perfit, 



perfect ; also note sounded on 



the horn, 174 

 Peritorie, wall pellitory 



{Farietaria), 10 1 

 Pesen, peas, 26 

 Peseth, paceth, 149 

 Peyn, pain 

 Pierrures, "pearls" or ex- 



crescencesonthe stag'santlers 

 Pilches, pelisse, a coat of skin 



or fur, 63 

 Playn contre, clear open 



country, 19, 65 

 Playnes, plains 

 Playstire, plaster 

 Plecke, plek, pleck, plecca, 



piece of ground, place, 183 

 Pleyn, pleyneth, complain, 



lament, 51 

 Pleyn, playneth, pleignen, 



Fr. pleig?ter, complain, lament 

 Pointyng, pointing, track of 



hare 

 Polcattes, polecats, 73 

 Pomeled, mottled, dappled, 



spotted, 45 

 POONDE, POON, pond 

 POORT, parts, behaviour, man- 

 ners, 4 

 POPY, puppy 



Porche. See Perche 



POUERE, pouer, power, 164 



Pouture, keep, food, used in 

 connection with hounds 



Poynted, painted 



Preef, proof, 88 



Prees, press, crowd, 118 



Preuyd, proved, 90 



Preuyli, priuyli, privily, 149 



Price, prise, priée, take, 

 capture 



Pricket, priket, the fallow 

 buck in his second year, App. 



Prik, prick, to hunt, 116 



Prikherid curris, rough- 

 coated curs, App. 



Prikkyng, pricking, footprint 

 of hare, App. 



Prime, noon (/^z>/r/;«^), midday 



Prise, prize, pryce, a horn 

 signal blown in France for the 

 buck, in England for the hart 

 and buck after the kill, 175 



Prive, tame 



Procatours, proctors, 195 



Profiteness, perfectness, 2 



PULEGRUN,penny royal (M^;////,;î 

 puleghim), 20 



Pulleth, poileth, take the 

 hair off, ¥y. poller, 90 



PURSNETTIS, purse-nets, 67 



PURUEAUNCE, perseverance, 80 



PUTTES, pits 



Pyche, pitch 



Pyles, piles, the skin of the 

 boar, wolf, and smaller animals 



PynsoURS, pincers, 98 



QUALES, quails, 119 



Quarry, the reward given to 



the hounds. See CURÉE, App. 

 QUAT, couched, lying down, 



used for deer, 172 

 QUATTELL, to quat, to squat, 



to crouch, to lie down, App. 



QUESTY, QUEST, tO hunt, tO 



give tongue, no, 130, 155 



