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pritchel, n. dial.|ˈprɪtʃ(ə)l|
Also prichell, pritchil, purchil.
[A southern parallel form of prickle n.1, repr. the uncontracted forms of OE. pricel.]
A sharp-pointed instrument or tool of various kinds for prodding, cutting, making holes, etc.; b. esp. for punching the nail-holes in horse-shoes.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 605/20 Promotorium, a prychel. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 337 The orifice [in wire-drawing plate] is..brought to the proper size by the introduction of what the workman calls a pritchel, or long taper needle. 1847–78Halliwell, Pritchel, an iron share fixed on a thick staff for making holes in the ground. Kent. 1895E. Anglian Gloss., Pritchel, a kind of hard chisel for millstones. c1900Price List of Millstone Tools, Pritchels and Chisels for cutting Burrs, letting in driving irons, etc.
b.1820Bracy Clark Descr. New Horse Shoe 14 Nor was there so much trouble in reducing them [the pritchel bumps on the outside of the shoe]..with the pritchel remaining in the hole to prevent its closing. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Pritchel (Forging), the punch employed by horse-shoers for punching out or enlarging the nail-holes in a horse-shoe. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Purchil, or Pritchil, the square point used..to punch the nail-holes in a horse-shoe. [So in Hartland Gloss.] 1896Farriers' Price List, A Smith can easily, with his stamp and pritchel, make a hole.
Hence ˈpritchel v. dial., to goad (a beast).
1875–Gloucestersh. etc. in Eng. Dial. Dict. |