pritch

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pricche, priche, from Old English priċe (“point; prick; stitch; spot”), from Proto-Germanic *prikiz. See prick.

Noun

pritch (plural pritches)

1. (UK, dialect or obsolete) pique; offence
   • 1642, Daniel Rogers, Naaman the Syrian:

     The least word uttered awry, the least conceit taken or pritch, the breaking in of a cow into their grounds, yea, sheep or pigs is enough to make suits, and they will be revenged.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pricchen, from Old English *priċċan (attested in āpriċċan), from Proto-Germanic *prikjaną (“to prick; pierce”). More at prick.

Verb

pritch (third-person singular simple present pritches, present participle pritching, simple past and past participle pritched)

1. (transitive) To pierce or make holes in.

References

• “pritch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• chirpt