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(Periwik-,) Periwick-, Perriwig-maker, n. Also: perewick-, peir-weik-; perewig-, peiriwig-, perug-; and Piriwik-Maker. [e.m.E. periwig- (1598), perwig(1611), perrywigge- (1663).] A wig-maker.(a) 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 539.
Thomas Chambers perewickmaker(b) 1681 Edinb. Test. Index II. 83.
Peir-weik maker(c) 1675 Cunningham Diary 63.
To the periwick maker's boy 1678 Strathendrick 318.
Thomas Buchanan perriwig maker in Glasgow 1688 Lauder Notices Affairs II. 847.
Ane complaint of the perewig-makers that the exporting of hair [etc.](d) ? 1698 Dumfries Doc. (Petition No. 142).
[So that she can follow the trade of] peiriwig maker(e) 1701 Elgin Rec. II. 325.
William Ramsey perug-maker
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