noun
Meaning 1
pique; offence
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
pritch
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verb
Meaning 2
To pierce or make holes in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English pricche, priche, from Old English priċe (“point; prick; stitch; spot”), from Proto-Germanic *prikiz. See prick.
From Middle English pricchen, from Old English *priċċan (attested in āpriċċan), from Proto-Germanic *prikjaną (“to prick; pierce”). More at prick.