Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
prick .
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Examples
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That neither they sing wel _prike-song_ nor _plain_.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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Whereupon the next day in the best order that I could I departed in so great want of victuall, that I thought that if wee should stay one day longer without foode, wee should all perish for hunger, especially the Indians, for among vs all we had not two bushels of corne: wherefore it behooved mee to prike forward without delay.
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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