A pointed rod of wood or iron; a lance, spear, bodkin, pricker, skewer, awl, stout pin. Obsolete in general sense exc. dialect.

A short piercing weapon; a dagger. Obsolete.

Any sharply pointed instrument or tool used for pricking or piercing.

The sharp or projecting part of a tool, weapon, device, etc.; (in later use) esp. any of several such projections. Formerly also: †a stake or…

An instrument or weapon used for piercing, probing, or snagging; a spike; a prick, a thorn, a prickle.

a tool for punching tiny depressions in a surface; a depression or hole so produced.