pawk

A wile

Noun Scotland

  1. A wile
    • So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead! - 1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:
    • and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin. - 1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:
    • I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round. - 1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:

Origin

See Puck

Forms

pawks pauk

Derived

pawkery pawky

Noun obsolete

  1. A small lobster

Origin

Unknown

Forms

pawks