An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. Prize.

Teut. prijs, pretium.

Douglas.

PRICK, s.
1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a pudding, S.
Kelly.
2. An iron spoke.
Mellvill's MS.

To Prick, v. a. To fasten by a wooden skewer.
Kelly.

Pricksworth, s. Any thing of the lowest imaginable value, S.

PRICKED HAT, part of the dress required of those who bore arms in this country.
Acts Ja. II.

PRICKER, s. The basking shark, S. B.
Brand.

PRICKER, s. pl. A light horseman.
V. [Prek].
Spotswood.

PRICKMEDAINTY, s. One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I prick myself daintily.