▪ I. pavie Sc.
(ˈpeɪvɪ)
[Origin unascertained.]
A clever or nimble movement of the body, as of a juggler in performing a trick; hence, a trick.
| 1598 Birrell Diary in Dalyell Fragm. Sc. Hist. (1798) 47 A juglar playit sic sowple tricks upon ane tow..the lyk wes nevir sene in this countrie, as he raid doune the tow and playit sa maney pavies on it. 1681 S. Colvil Whig's Supplic. i. 72 For some of such had play'd a pavie. 1697 Cleland Poems 47 Well versed in Court Modes, In French Pavies, and new Com'd Nods. 1801 Leyden in Compl. Scot. Gloss., To play sic a pavie, or paw, is a common expression in the south of Scotland. 1808–18 Jamieson, Pavie, Paw, 1., Lively motion of whatever kind. |
▪ II. pavie
erron. f. pavis.