An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 637
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language 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.
_Mellvills 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 ones 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.