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pricker

noun
/ˈpɹɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From prick + -er.

  1. derived from *breyǵ-✻ — “to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”
  2. inherited from *prikô✻
  3. inherited from *prikō✻
  4. inherited from prica
  5. inherited from prik
  6. suffixed as pricker — “prick + er”

Definitions

  1. One who pricks.

  2. A tool for pricking.

    • The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.

  3. A prickle or thorn.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax

      Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.

    2. One who spurs forward

      One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.

      • The prickers, who rode foremost, […] halted.

    3. A priming wire

      A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.

    4. A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA