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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Periwik,) Periweik, Periwig, n. Also: -wick; pereuyk, perruvick; periwige, -weige, pereweig, peiri(e)weig, peiry-wig; and Piriwik. [e.m.E. perwyke (1529), -wig (1614), perewyke (1568), -wig (1596), perywigge (1579), periwig (1589) perruke (1548), -uque (1590), perug (1581), -uque (1610), F. peruque (late 15th c.), It. perruca.] A peruke, periwig, wig. Also attrib.(a) 1603 Montgomery Mem. 249.
For ane pereuyk of har to couer the vyr 1643 Edinb. Test. LX. 281.
Twa mutches of blak satene with periweikis of hair 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 96.
Perruvicks besydes they are most faschious … are wery unwholsome [etc.] 1675 Red Bk. Grandtully I. cxxxix.
Periwick —attrib. 1613 Edinb. Test. XLVII. 225 b.
Tua sewit periweik mutches(b) 1638 Household Bk. M. Stewart 28.
For a periwige to Lord James 8 l. 2 sh. 1667 Argyll-Lauderdale Lett. 82.
He hath I heare put on a white periwig for he is a blake fellow 1669 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 93.
[He] pulled ane quantitie of his hair or pereweig out 1687 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXVII. 140.
I gott halfe a pound of white powder for my periweige 1688 Paterson Ayr & Wigton III. 442.
Periwiges 1690 Cramond Kirk S. III. 9 Oct.
A man with a fair periwig(c) 1695 Peebles B. Rec. II. 151.
Dinging of his hatt and piriweig … and that his hat and peirieweig went of 1697 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 223 b.
6 peiriweigs and 3 wnmaid all worth lxiiij lb. 1698 McNaught Kilmaurs 163.
That he did steal a new peiry-wig from him clipping it about with sizzars that it might not be known