"pricksong" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From prick + song.",
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      "form": "pricksongs",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, I.1",
          "text": "Well said, wench, and the prick-song we use shall be our husbands'.",
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        "Music sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music."
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        "(now chiefly historical) Music sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music."
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        "A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong."
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        "(now chiefly historical) A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong."
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  "word": "pricksong"
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  "etymology_text": "From prick + song.",
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