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Webster 1913 Edition


Pricksong

Prick′songˊ

(?; 115)
,
Noun.
[See
Prick
,
Verb.
T.
, 4.]
Music written, or noted, with dots or points; – so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down.
[Obs.]
He fights as you sing
pricksong
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Pricksong

PRICK'SONG

,
Noun.
A song set to music, or a variegated song; in distinction from a plain song.

Definition 2024


pricksong

pricksong

English

Noun

pricksong (plural pricksongs)

  1. Music written, or noted, with dots or points.

References

  • pricksong in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913