An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 637
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Part 637

2. Witnesses.

_Acts Ja. VI._

PRYCE, PRICE, PRYS, PREIS, _s._

1. Praise.

_Henrysone._

Su. G. _prisa_, Dan. _prise_, Belg. _prijs_, id.

2. Prize.

Teut. _prijs_, pretium.

_Douglas._

p.r.i.c.k, _s._

1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a pudding, S.

_Kelly._

2. An iron spoke.

_Mellvill's MS._

_To_ ~p.r.i.c.k~, _v. a._ To fasten by a wooden skewer.

_Kelly._

~p.r.i.c.ksworth~, _s._ Any thing of the lowest imaginable value, S.

p.r.i.c.kED HAT, part of the dress required of those who bore arms in this country.

_Acts Ja. II._

p.r.i.c.kER, _s._ The basking shark, S. B.

_Brand._

p.r.i.c.kER, _s. pl._ A light horseman.

V. ~Prek~.

_Spotswood._

p.r.i.c.kMEDAINTY, _s._ One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I _p.r.i.c.k_ myself _daintily_.

Teut. _pryck-en_, ornare.

p.r.i.c.kSANG, _s._ p.r.i.c.ksong.

_Pal. Hon._

PRIDEFOW, _adj._ Proud, S.

PRIDYEAND, _part. pr._

_Houlate._

Q. setting themselves off. Su. G. _pryd-a_, id.

PRIEST.

_To be one's priest_, to kill him, S. B.

_To_ PRIEVE, _v. a._

V. ~Preif~.

_To_ PRIG, _v. n._

1. To haggle, S.

_Doug._

2. To importune, S. B.

_P. Buch. Dial._

Belg. _prachg-en_, to beg.

~Prigging~, _s._

1. Haggling, S.