Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PRICKET, n. Also †preikett. Sc. usage: a pinnacle or small spire on a building, a pointed finial (Abd. 1949).Fif. 1705 D. Cook Annals Pittenweem 124:
Ordained to be taken to-morrow at 11 o'clock in the forenoon to the preikett, and there to stand with a paper on his breast, bearing “A false and scandalous reproacher.”Sc. 1708 Records Conv. Burghs (1880) 468:
The said tolbuith and steeple with the pricket thereof consisting of six storry high.Mry. 1725 L. Shaw Hist. Moray (1882) II. 275:
The pricket or top of the steeple was by storm blown over and broke these couples.Per. 1845 Stat. Acc.² X. 105:
In 1767 the pricket received a new covering of lead.