pricket

English

Etymology

From prick +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɪkɪt/

Noun

pricket (plural prickets)

1. (obsolete) A candle. [14th-17th c.]
2. A spike for holding a single candle. [from 15th c.]
3. A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched. [from 15th c.]
   • 1816, John Keats, "For there's Bishop's Teign":

     he can stay / For the new-mown hay, / And startle the dappled prickets?