pricket
Americannoun
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a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
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a candlestick with one or more such points.
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a buck in his second year.
noun
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a male deer in the second year of life having unbranched antlers
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a sharp metal spike on which to stick a candle
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a candlestick having such a spike
Etymology
Origin of pricket
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at prick, -et
Example Sentences
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The appendage in question was named a "pricket bat", and it was used to burst balloons.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
The preyful Princess pierc'd and prick'd a pretty pleasing pricket; Some say a sore; but not a sore till now made sore with shooting.
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Among the varieties are the earliest form of pricket candlestick on which the candle was "stuck," the bell candlesticks, and the candlesticks which were fixed on brackets against the wall.
From Chats on Household Curios by Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess
Twas not a haud credo; 'twas a pricket.
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Candlesticks unearthed at Jamestown include a large brass pricket holder, one made of English sgraffito-ware, several incomplete earthenware holders, and parts of delftware candlesticks.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by John L. Cotter
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