pricket

(prikit)

noun

  1. a small spike on which to stick a candle
  2. a candlestick having such a spike
  3. a male fallow deer in his second year, with unbranched antlers

Origin: ME pryket, dim.: see prick

See pricket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A small point or spike for holding a candle upright.
    b. A candlestick having such a spike.
  2. A buck in its second year, before the antlers branch.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English priket

Origin: , diminutive of prik, prick, prick; see prick

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