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A DICTIONARY OF 
Oysters. (I) Fruits of Pinus sylvestris, L. ; ‘fir-cones, tlie scales of 
which, with the seeds, nearly enough resemble oyster- shells to suggest 
the name.’ Dev. Friend. 
(2) Syringa vulgaris., L. ‘ The name by which bunches of lilac- 
blossom are known in North Devon' Friend. 
Paddock Stool, add Lane. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Paigle. See FT. & Q. 6th S. vii. 405, 455, for further information 
as to derivation of the name. 
Parsley Fern, add (2) Tanacetum vidgare^ L. — Dev. Friend. 
Parson-in-the-pulpit. add Aconitum Nax^ellus, L. — Dev. Friend. 
Parson’s Nose. Orchis Morio, L. — Dev. (Ipplepen). Friend. 
Pasmets. add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Patient Dock, add Lane. E. D. S. Gloss. Spelt paysliun-doch. 
Peagle. Itmiunculus arvensis, L. — Suff. (Ipswich). 
Penny Caps. Cotyledon Unibilicus, L. — Dev. 
Penny John. Hypericum perforatum, L. — Norf. (Yarmouth). 
Penny-plates. Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. — Dev. (Dartmoor). 
Pepper Plant. Polygonum Hydropiper, L. — Yhs. (Cieveland). 
Pepper-and-Salt. Capsella Bursa-pastoris, L., from its pungent 
taste when bitten. Middx. (Isle worth). 
Pheasant’s Feather. Saxifraga umbrosa, L. — Buss. 
Pick pocket. (2) add dies. (Frodsham). 
add (o) Stellaria Holostea, L. — Dev. Friend ; Kent ; Som. Friend. 
Pighau, Pigaul. The fruit of Cratmgus Oxyacantha, L. — Hants. 
E. D. S. Gloss. See Pigall. 
PiGLE. ‘ Stickewort.’ This name and explanation occurs in a 
fourteenth century manuscript, the Sinonoma Bartholomei, printed by 
the Clarendon Press, 1862 (p. 34). Again at p. 27 occurs, ^Lingua 
avis, i. stichewort, i. 'pigle' (see N. & Q. 6th S. viii., 170). Stellaria 
Holostea, L., is, no doubt, the plant intended. 
Pig’s Cole. Heracleum Sphondylium, L.—Dev. Friend. Cfr. 
Hogweed, &c. 
Pig’s Ears. ‘ Sedum acre, L., and other varieties of Stonecrop.’ 
Dev. Friend. 
Pi GWEED. add Heracleum Sphondylium, L. — Oxf. Science Gossip, 
1882, p. 165. 
Pinchweed. See Virgin Mary’s Pinch. 
Pincushion. (2) Dev. Friend. 
add (5) Armeria maritima, Willd. Dev. Friend. 
(6) Corydalis lutea, D.O. Dev. Friend. ‘ Corncockles.’ Suff. 
Science Gossip, 1882, p. 214; but (1) is probably meant. 
