pricket

A small point or spike for holding a candle upright.

A candlestick having such a spike.

A male deer in its second year, before the antlers branch.

A sharp iron point upon which a candle may be stuck; hence, a candlestick, either separate or one of several connected together. Also prick.

Hence A wax taper.

A buck in his second year: probably so called from his horns. See spike.

The wall-pepper or biting stonecrop, Sedum acre.

A buck in his second year. See note under 3d buck.

male deer in his second year