Defn: An arrow. [Obs.]
PRICKSONG
Prick"song`, n. Etym: [See Prick, v. t., 4.]
Defn: Music written, or noted, with dots or points; — so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.] He fights as you sing pricksong. Shak.
PRICKWOOD
Prick"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); — so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.
PRICKY
Prick"y, a.
Defn: Stiff and sharp; prickly. Holland.
PRIDE
Pride, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. lamprede, LL. lampreda, E. lamprey.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); — called also prid, and sandpiper.
PRIDE Pride, n. Etym: [AS. pryte; akin to Icel. pryedhi honor, ornament, pr to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf. W. prydus comely. See Proud.]