Pict

pikt, n. one of an ancient race for 5½ centuries (296-844 A.D. ) inhabiting eastern Scotland, from the Forth to the Pentland Firth, most probably Celts, but more nearly allied to the Cymry than to the Gael.— adj. Pic′tish .— Pictish towers , a name sometimes given to brochs (q.v.); Picts' houses , a name popularly given in many parts of Scotland to rude underground dwellings or earth-houses; Picts' work , a name sometimes given to the Catrail, the remains of a large earthwork extending for about fifty miles through the counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh. [L. picti , pl. of pa.p. of pingĕre , pictum , to paint.]