10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLOUKIE»
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1
THE HARP OF RENFREWSHIRE
... the laird of the land. Fy let us a', <tc. And there will be sow-libber Pattie, And
ploukie-fac'd Wat in the mill, Capper-nos'd Francie, and Gibbie That wins in the
how of the hill ; And there will be Alaster Sibbie, Wha in wi' black Bessie did mool
...
2
Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language
PLOUKIE, adj. 1. Covered with pimples, 8, 2. Full of little knobs, Clydes.
PLOUKTNESS, s. The state of being pimpled, S. PLOTJSSIE, adj. Plump ; well
grown, Fife.— Teut, plots ig, synon. with plomp, hebes, obtusus plumbeus. To
PLOUT, v. n. ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1895
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The Harp of Renfrewshire: A Collection of Songs and Other ...
... Dobbie, And Lawrie the laird of the land. Fy let us a', <t-c. And there will be sow
-libber Pattie, And ploukie-fac'd Wat in the mill, Capper-nos'd Francie, and Gibbie
That wins in the how of the hill ; And there will be Alaster Sibbie, Wha ...
4
The National Songster; a Collection of Scotch, English, and ...
Fy let us a,' &c. And there will be sow-libber Patie, And ploukie-f'ac'd Wat in the
mill, Capper-nos'd Francie, and Gibbic, That wons in the how of. 260.
5
The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern
Ye tipplers, open a' your poses,1 Ye wha are fashed wi' ploukie noses, Fling
ower your craig sufficient doses, You'll thole a hunder To fleg awa' your simmer
roses, An' naething under. Whan big as burns the gutters rin, Gin ye hae catcht a
...
6
The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Containing notes, ...
It') Ploukie, pimpled. Ploy, employment; harmless frolic; merry meeting. To ploy a
dud, to fold a garment. Plufll puff; hairdresser's powderputt'. Pluflj; fat, chubby.
Pack, poke, pouch; bag. Pock:-pudding, a term of derision or reproach applied to
...
7
A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Comprehending All the ...
A mischievous trick. PLOY, *. 1. A harmless frolic. 2. A iad pioy, A frolic which has
begun in jest but ended in mischief. To PLOT, v. a. To scald. PLOUKE, PLOUK, s.
A pimple. PLOUKIE-FACED, adj. Having a pimpled face. To PLOUTER, v. a. 1.
8
The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson
Ye tipplers ! open a' your poses ; Ye wha are fash'd wi' ploukie noses ; Fling owre
your craig sufficient doses ; You'll thole a hunder, To fleg awa your simmer roses,
And naething under. When big as burns the gutters rin, If ye hae catch'd a ...
Robert Fergusson, Robert Ford, 1905
9
The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe: And ...
Ploukie (Lowland Scotch). — Pimpled. Plotrh or blotch, a pimple, a sore. —
Halliwell, Nabes. The chastisement that if certain magistrate in Flanders used,
was reputed most just, who caused an idle vagrant person to be publicly beaten
who ...
10
The book of Scottish poems: ancient and modern, ed. with ...
Ye tipplers, open a' your poses," Ye wha are fashed wi' ploukie noses, Fling ower
your craig sufficient doses, You'll thole a hunder To fleg awa' your simmer roses,
An' naething under. Whan big as burns the gutters rin, Gin ye hae catcht a ...
