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Pikkard, Pykkert, n. Also: pi(k)c-, pek- and -art. [e.m.E. piccarde (1483), picarde, -arte (16th c.), also ME. and e.m.E. pyker (1357), pycar (14th c.), pycker (1571), of unknown origin; appar. f. F.] A picard, a large sailing boat or barge. — 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 378.
For … burdis … to be grath to the Lord Kennydeis pykkert 1511 Ib. IV. 163.
Pro una cimba appellata le pikcard 1541 Reg. Privy S. II. 655/1.
To pas and repas … with his fische boit and pikkard of thretty tunnis 1597 Stirling Ant. III. 310.
To the pekart at the controllar command i lib. bouter 1602 Crawford Mun. Invent. II. 218 (8 Dec.).
Al thais that hes picartis to haif thaim at his maiestye within tuentye dayis vnder the pane of tressoun