Pauilon, sb. pavilion, tent, PP; pauilyoune, S2; pauiloun, lawyer’s coif, PP; pauyloun, coif, PP; pauylons, pl., tents, S2.—­AF. pavillon, tent; Lat. papilionem, a tent, a butterfly.

Pavyce, sb. a shield, defence, Prompt.; pauice, SkD; pauys, Prompt, (n), SkD., Voc., HD; pavisse, HD; pauish, Prompt, (n), HD; paluoise, Florio (s. v. testudine); palueise, Florio (s.v. pauese).—­AF. pavise; Low Lat. pavisium (acc.), also pavesium; cp.  OF. pavois (Cotg.); Low Lat. pavensem (Ducange).

Pavyser, sb. a soldier armed with a pavise, HD.

Pax-brede, sb. a tablet with a crucifix which received from the worshippers the ‘osculum pacis,’ Voc., HD.  See Bred (2).

Paye, sb. satisfaction, HD, S2, PP; paie, S2; pay, S2.—­AF. paie.

Payen, v. to please, satisfy, pay, PP, S2, H; payed, pp., satisfied, PP; paied, W; payd, S2; paid, S2; y-payed, C.—­OF. paier, to satisfy, pay:  Prov. pagar; Lat. pacare.

Payen, adj. and sb. pagan, heathen, C; as a personal name, Bardsley; payn, S; paene, S; payns, pl., S; paynes, S; pains, S; paens, S; payens, S2, C3, CM.—­AF. paA-en; Late Lat. paganum, heathen.

Payn, sb. bread, PP; payne, PP. Comb.:  payn-demayn, bread made of the finest flour, C2; paynmayn, Voc.; paynemayn, C2 (n); payman, Voc., HD.—­OF. pain demaine, demeine; Church Lat. panem dominicum, bread of our Lord.

Payne, sb. penalty, S2; see Peyne.

Paynyme, sb. heathendom, S; painime, S; paynym, a pagan, Saracen (an incorrect use), PP, H; payneme, S2; paynymes, pl., PP; painems, HD (s.v. payen).—­AF. paenime, heathen lands, paganism; OF. paienisme; Late Lat. paganismum (ace.).  See Payen.

Paynymery, sb. paganism, Cath.

Peak, v. to pry about narrowly, to peep, ND. Comb.:  peak-goose, a peaking goose, ND; peek-goos, S3; pea-goose, ’a simple, doltish fellow, a noddy peak, a ninny-hammer, a coxe,’ Cotg. (s. v. benet).

Peakish, adj. looking sneakingly, ND.

Peas, sb. peace, S3; see Pees.

Pease, v. to become peaceable; peaste, pt. s., S3.

Pece, sb. a bit, portion, a cup, S2, PP, Prompt., Cath., Palsg.,HD; peyce, S3.—­AF. pece, piece; cp.  Low Lat. pecia, a piece (Voc.), a cup (Ducange).