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		Definition of pricket in English: pricketnoun ˈprɪkɪtˈprɪkɪt 1A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns.  Example sentencesExamples -  I had a white fallow pricket on the estate I'd keepered before this one, and he was gorgeous, didn't stand out as much as you might imagine in the undergrowth either.
 -  A young pricket approaches and the buck reacts violently.
 
 2historical A spike for holding a candle.  Example sentencesExamples -  Before the 17th century, when molded candles were introduced, beeswax candles were always fixed to prickets, or spikes.
 -  The earliest candlesticks held candles on a pricket (pointed spike) and are attributed to the 16th century.
 
  Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection 
 Origin   Late Middle English: from prick + -et1. Rhymes   cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket    Definition of pricket in US English: pricketnounˈprɪkɪtˈprikit 1A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns.  Example sentencesExamples -  A young pricket approaches and the buck reacts violently.
 -  I had a white fallow pricket on the estate I'd keepered before this one, and he was gorgeous, didn't stand out as much as you might imagine in the undergrowth either.
 
 2historical A spike for holding a candle.  Example sentencesExamples -  Before the 17th century, when molded candles were introduced, beeswax candles were always fixed to prickets, or spikes.
 -  The earliest candlesticks held candles on a pricket (pointed spike) and are attributed to the 16th century.
 
  Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection 
 Origin   Late Middle English: from prick + -et.     |