pandies

Variant of pandy

noun pl. pandies

Chiefly Scot. a stroke on the palm of the hand with a strap or cane, as a punishment

Origin: L pande, open (your hand), imper. of pandere, to extend < IE *pand-, var. of base *pet-, to stretch out > fathom

transitive verb pandied, pandying

Chiefly Scot. to punish by such a stroke or strokes
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