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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pik-,) Pycry, n. [e.m.E. picory (1522), F. picorée marauding (16th c. in Littré), perh. conflated with Pik(e)ry n. or Pikk(e)ry n.] An action of plundering; an act of piracy. —1674 Rec. Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. C. VI. 127.
Severall pycries and roberies laitlie comitted … at sea … by plundering from them … great quentities of silver & gold [etc.]
