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Definition of Prickets
1. pricket [n] - See also: pricket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickets
Literary usage of Prickets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"Towards the nave were iron prickets for tapers where there was no great chandelier
or Gospel candlestick. Beneath it was the privileged place for the choir, ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"At first they have them in the form of simple prickets, without any ... The prickets
or first horns of the common stag fall during the 2d year of the ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"At first, they have them in the form of simple prickets, without any branches
... The prickets or first horns of the common stag, fall during the 2d year of ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"At first they have them in the form of simple prickets, without any ... The prickets
or first horns of the common stag fall during the 2d year of the ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It was provided with numerous prickets to hold burning tapers, and, owing to the
resemblance of these prickets to the spikes or teeth of a harrow, ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1858)
"Tho prickets or first horns of tho о -ш- mon stag, fall during tho 2d year of
the a:.i- mal's lile, each ono being replaced by one with a single antler, ..."
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