"pritch" meaning in English

See pritch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pritches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pricche, priche, from Old English priċe (“point; prick; stitch; spot”), from Proto-Germanic *prikiz. See prick. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pricche}} Middle English pricche, {{inh|en|ang|priċe|t=point; prick; stitch; spot}} Old English priċe (“point; prick; stitch; spot”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*prikiz}} Proto-Germanic *prikiz Head templates: {{en-noun}} pritch (plural pritches)
  1. (UK, dialect or obsolete) pique; offence Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-pritch-en-noun-~UH~Mxy7 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: pritches [present, singular, third-person], pritching [participle, present], pritched [participle, past], pritched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English pricchen, from Old English *priċċan (attested in āpriċċan), from Proto-Germanic *prikjaną (“to prick; pierce”). More at prick. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pricchen}} Middle English pricchen, {{inh|en|ang|*priċċan}} Old English *priċċan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*prikjaną|t=to prick; pierce}} Proto-Germanic *prikjaną (“to prick; pierce”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pritch-en-verb-YAhMXk9z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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