Pict
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
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The woman Pict is entirely naked, and is tattooed and painted with stars, rays, and various similar devices.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2) | Ellen C. ClaytonThence, in the above synodical canons, they are called gill Pict, painted little leaves.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsAbout the year 1853, there was discovered in Aberdeenshire a Pict's house, in the parish of Tarland.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present | John TimbsBut the Pict only laughed and answered, "Now I will not tell, because there is nothing more you can do to hurt me."
The Heather-Moon | C. N. Williamson and A. M. WilliamsonWe could no more match them than a fighting-man in good training could stand up to one of the old Pict giants.
Guy Livingstone; | George A. Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for Pict
/ (pɪkt) /
a member of any of the peoples who lived in Britain north of the Forth and Clyde in the first to the fourth centuries ad : later applied chiefly to the inhabitants of NE Scotland. Throughout Roman times the Picts carried out border raids
Origin of Pict
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