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(Prikkit-,) Prikit-, Prikett-hatt, n. (Appar. irreg. or erron. var. of Preking-hat, a riding-headpiece.) —1456 Acts II 45/2.
And at ilk man … be bodyn at the lest with … a sellat or a prikit [v.r. prikett] hatt a suerde and a buclar a bow and a schaif of arrowis