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play — coiitinned. 



throwing painted plum stones (iisauan- 

 auli) into a tray {ii'uniidug), R. W. 



please (?), iriissilciltnilihnrmat, C. ; noosse- 

 hilteah, I plrasc, iliid. ti-ekontam, he is 

 pleased. See glad. 



Pleiades, (islxlujuttauog, Job 38, 31; 

 Amos ■), S; but Roger Williams gives 

 tlii.s, shwinhciMoww&iiog, as the name of 

 'the golden mete-wand' (i. e. the belt 

 of Orion), and chippAptioek, 'the brood 

 lien' (or Pleiades). The latter is more 

 probably correct, since uliiiixliciUtiiii-- 

 it'i'iHog or asishquUaog geema to l>e de- 

 rived from shwe, three, and .iqiitta, fire 

 (xliivishcuUoii; a wigwam with three 

 fires, R. W. 46), and clii.ppapuork 

 ( =chipappuog, El.) means they keep 

 apart, are by themselves, are separate. 



plenteous, miissegen, missegen, (it is) 

 plenteous, abundant: iwissej/fne ohke, a 

 plentiful land; suppos. tie masegik, that 

 which is plenteous or abundant, abun- 

 dance or plenty (as of a har\est, etc. ). 



plenty. See abound; abundance. 



ploug-h, lUKixkhdiii, he digs. See dig. 



pluck, jMihiiiiKiiiiiiii misminkqunmlnneash, 

 be plucks cars (if corn { polisinikqiuiinm, 

 Matt. 12, 1 ). hidluhkoiii, be plucks; 

 mik-kodirthkom, 1 pluck, C. (?). Cf. 

 hidtiminm, he draws or plucks (it) out, 

 an a sword from the sheath, etc. ; an. 

 kodinneh, pull me out, Ps. 31, 4; kcidncok 

 ncDtauut, pull ye (them) out of the fire, 

 Jude 23. 



plunder. See rob. 



point, nhfjiiaen, idiqunr, at the point or 

 extremity of; rad. nlik, iiIkj, a sharp 

 extremity, a point, the ]inint of. See 

 end; extreme, naiiiay (when it is an- 

 gular or cornering), an angle, corner, or 

 point (e. g. of land). See angle. 



poison, nliquoskeht, uhquoshket, unkqiiax- 

 kii, poison (of serpents, Ps. 140, 3; of 

 arrows, Job 6, 4): unkque mikquoshket, 

 'cruel venom', Deut. 32, 33. From 

 vnkqiir, iTuel, sore, grievous. 



pole, ipiiniiihhig [quiini-idiliu/, a long 

 stick]. 



polished, kuKnenau.tue, Is. 49, 2. 



pond, itippisfie, nips [dimin. of nippe, 

 water], a small body of water, a pool or 

 pond, often compounded with 'pog, 

 Spring: nippissepog, nip2}issip<ig,nuppissl- 



pond — continued. 

 pag; en mppmepagwut, into the lake, 

 Luke 8, 33; y6ai nippmepngwut, on one 

 side of the pool, 2 Sam. 2, 13; nuppisse 

 ni/tpe, water of the pool, la. 22, 11; 

 nips, a pool, John 5, 2, 4, 7 (nlpjns, Mass. 

 Ps. ; nipg, pond, pi. nipsasli, R. W. ; 

 Peq. nuppsawaug, pond. Stiles) ; nuppis- 

 sepag, 'standing water', Ps. 107, 35, i. e. 

 nuppigse-appog, supjjos. inan. from 

 (ippn, he sits, remains in a jilace. See 

 water. 



poor, mdlchrku, (he is) poi;>r; pi. ifuitrlte- 

 kuog {matcliik&e, poor; iwli iiuilt-liekco, 

 he is poor; nvm-mntchek (num-inacheke, 

 R. \V. ), I am poor, C. ) ; vbl. n. iiidlcliekn- 

 onk, poverty. From malrliuk, when it 

 is bad, or matrlic, bad, with 'A- iirogress- 

 ive, he is going on badly (?). 



poplar tree, mfetwe, metwe. 



poigy, mislirtip, pi. miAcuppatiog, 

 'bream', R. VV.. corrupted to 'scup', 

 'scupjiaug', and 'porgy' or 'paugee' 

 (Pagrus argyrops, Linn, and Storer). 

 The name is derived from the large, 

 close scales, rnishe-kup/ii. 



porpoise, talnckommdi'iog, porpoises, 

 R. W. (tatagkom, he strikes repeatedly, 

 keeps striking or beating; freq. from 

 togkom, he strikes). 



possess, ohtau, he has. See have (v.). 

 radchanum, he has in possession, he 

 keeps (it). See keep. 



possible, v'oh unnag (if it may be so), 

 if it be possible; wame teanteaqudsinash 

 woh n' niln/ciMish, all things are possible 

 (may be so), nosknnongquot, noshko- 

 nnnkquiidt. (when it is) impossible', an 

 impossibility; iimlta noshkununkquodti- 

 no, it is not jiossiWe. 



post, nepattuhqiionk, neepaUmkqitmik, a 

 post, pillar, stake, standing upright. 

 From iiipattau, it stands upright. 

 See stand. 



posteriors. See behind; hind })arts. 



pot. See vessel. 



pottage, sobalug, sehahig, sahaheg [sup- 

 pos. inan. from saupAeu, sahde, it is soft, 

 thin, melting, when it is made soft or 

 thinned]. 



pound. See beat. 



pour out, sokenum, sokanum, he pours 

 (it) out; tmssokin, nussokun, I jiour 

 (it) out; sohkenush, pour thou; sokenmk, 



