pricket en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɪkɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English precat, preket, priket, pryket; equivalent to prick + -et. Earlier currency of the Middle English word is apparently implied by surnames and borrowings into Latin and Anglo-Norman.
Meanings
- (obsolete) A candle.
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A spike for holding a single candle.
Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets.
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 174:
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A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.
he can stay / For the new-mown hay, / And startle the dappled prickets?
1816, John Keats, For there's Bishop's Teign:Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prickets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |