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- paap = nipple, breast
- pech = gasp (Sho wis pechin laek a neesik.)
- pecht = (n) Pict
- peen = pane ( A peen o gless)
- peerie = small
- peerie-mootie = very small
- peester = squeal
- pellack = (n) a porpoise
- pen = feather
- perskeet = prim, show off
- phesic = stomach medicine
- pick = (verb) tap
- pickit = tapped (I pickit upo da window.)
- pig = hot water bottle, (Pit da haet pig i da bed.)
- pillie = penis
- pilly = penis
- piltock = coalfish
- pintle = penis
- pirl = small round fecal dropping from animal
- pirm = cotton reel (A pirm o treed)
- pirr = light wind (A peerie pirr fae da wast)
- pish = urine
- pish = (v)pass urine
- pished = (adj) drunk (Boy, wis I pished dastreen!)
- pit = (v) put (Pit da cat oot.)
- pone = (n) a slab of turf formerly used in roofing
- plantiecrub = (n)dyked enclosure for growing kale (cabbage) plants.
- platch = trudge through wet ground (I platched trow da mire.)
- pleepsin = (adj) complaining, (Sho wis aye pleepsin aboot dis or dat.)
- plook = (n) pimple (He hed a plookie face.)
- plucker = (n) sea scorpion
- pock = scoop net (I pockit a lok o sillocks dastreen.)
- pockie = (n)paper bag
- pooer = massive quantity (Dir wis a pooer o sillocks i da pock.)
- pör = unhealthy person (He lookit laek a pör.)
- pör ammus/aamis = (adj) unwell
- preeve = try, taste (Du'll preeve a drap o da craeter.)
