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pricket

Noun

prick=et

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pricket(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sharp metal spike to hold a candle; Array

is a kind of spike

pricket, n. [Perhaps so called from the state of his horns. See Prick, and cf. Brocket.].

A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak. [1913 Webster]

pricket, n.
1 Brit. a male fallow deer in its second year, having straight unbranched horns.
2 a spike for holding a candle.

Etymology

ME f. AL prikettus -um, dimin. of PRICK

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