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Definition of Pricket
1. Noun. A sharp metal spike to hold a candle.
2. Noun. Male deer in his second year.
Definition of Pricket
1. n. A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Definition of Pricket
1. Noun. (obsolete) A candle. (defdate 14th-17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. A spike for holding a single candle. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
3. Noun. A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pricket
1. a spike for holding a candle upright [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pricket
Literary usage of Pricket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"In 1004 pricket secured a wider fame by a poetic tribute to the memory of the second
... pricket referred with satisfaction to the disgrace of Cobham, Grey, ..."
2. A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department by Ormonde Maddock Dalton (1903)
"... name of an Eparch or provincial governor. The majority come from Egypt and FIO.
40.—Bronze lamp on pricket-stand, Syria. probably from Egypt. (No. 496. ..."
3. Catalogue of Books in the Library of the British Museum Printed in England by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Bullen, Gregory W. Eccles (1884)
"1602. More (A.)—1618. Levett (C.) Time, Redemption of. 1607. W., M., Master in Arts.
Time's abuses. [1640 ?] Mulled-Sack. Anatomy. 1606. pricket (R.) ..."
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