Pricket

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small point or spike for holding a candle upright.
  • n. A candlestick having such a spike.
  • n. A buck in its second year, before the antlers branch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A buck in his second year. See note under 3d buck.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sharp iron point upon which a candle may be stuck; hence, a candlestick, either separate or one of several connected together. Also prick.
  • n. Hence A wax taper.
  • n. A buck in his second year: probably so called from his horns. See spike.
  • n. The wall-pepper or biting stonecrop, Sedum acre.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. male deer in his second year
  • n. a sharp metal spike to hold a candle
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cervid    deer    spike   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    note    buck