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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pery, n. [? f. Pere n.2, with dimin. suffix. Also in the mod. dial. as peerie, pery, pirie, etc.] A child's (? pear-shaped) spinning-top. —1666 Lauder Jrnl. 125.
The bairnes of France have the excercise of the tap the pery the cleking and instead of our gouf which they know not they have shinyes

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