† ˈpilledow Sc. Obs.
[For pilled daw: see pilled, and cf. caddow.]
A plucked or bald daw; fig. a tonsured priest.
| 1603 Proph. of Merlin (Bannatyne Cl.) 12 Their shal a Galyart gayt with a gilten horne A Pilledow with a tode, sic a prime holde. 1603 Proph. of Waldhaue (ibid.) 33 A proude powne in a preis Lordly shal light With Piotes and Pilliedowes pulled [= pilled] in the crowne. |