Pritch (noun)
pr-ich
A sharp-pointed tool or implement; specifically †(a) English regional (East Anglian) a tool for making stake-holes; (also) an eel-spear (obsolete); (b) English regional (western) a prop for a cart.Compare “prick”.
Old English (in an earlier sense). Variant (with palatalized consonant) of prick.
Example sentences
“The holes were made at intervals with a pritch.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
