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- Pallate, the roof of the mouth - pallet, a little bed - palliate, to cloak a business - pail, to carry milk - pale, and wan in the face - pales, round a garden - pair, two of any thing - pare, to cut off - repair, to mend, or go to a place - pear, a fruit so called - peer, a nobleman - patent, from the King - pattins, for women - patience, in aff[illegible]iction - patient, a sick person - pause, a stop in speaking - paws, of a lion, or bear - pace, two foot and a half - pains, labor and care - panes, of glass for windows - pans, of earth or brass - parson, of a parish - person, a man or woman - peace, quietness and tranquillity - pease, pulse and grain - piece, a part or parcel - precedence, foregoing - precedent, a pattern - president, foreman of a society - principal, chief of a colledge - principle, a fundamental point - power, might or authority - pour, out of a vessel - pray, to beg and intreat - prey, to devour - play, comedy, or tragedy - plea, a defence - pens, made of quills - pence, small money - penny-post office - penny-royal, a herb - penury, want, poverty - parse, a lesson - pearce, bore through - prize, goods taken from enemies - price, value and worth - parasite, that cogs and flatter - parracide, that murders his father - place, where one is - plaise, the name of a fish - prophet, telleth things to come - profit, advantage and gain - potion, prescription of physick - portion, a dowry at marriage - pore, with ones eyes - poor, needy and necessitous - partition, a dividing a wall - petition, a prayer or request - pebble, a little stone - people, a multitude - pestle, belonging to a mortar - pestle, of pork - pistol, a small gun - epistle, a letter - pizzle, of a beast - pilate, condemned Christ - pilot, guide of a ship - plat, as a grass-plat - plait, to order the hair - po[illegible]ch, an egg poached - pouch, a great purse - pottage, or porrage to eat - porteridge, carriage by porters - pole, a long stick - poll, of the head - press, of people - prest, money - press, for books
