PRICKETT

PRICKETT. L Possibly the same as Pritehard or Pritcliett — the cJi, being hardened. See Ricketts. 2. From the animal. Richardson deiines ;;'zpZ'ei as " cervus trinus, a deer two years old, so called from the state of its horns (stimuli instar)." The crest of the family is allusive, being " a pricket tripping, proper."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.