pawk

plural pawks · alternative pauk

1. ScotlandA 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

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   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

plural pawks

1. obsoleteA small lobster