tickler

One that tickles.

A memorandum, book, or file to aid the memory.

One who or that which tickles or pleases.

Something which puzzles or perplexes; something difficult to understand or answer; a puzzle.

A narrow difficult passage or strait on the coast of Newfoundland.

A memorandum-book kept to tickle or refresh the memory; specifically, a book used by bankers, showing, in the order of their maturity, notes and debts receivable by the bank. There is usually a tickler for each month of the year.

A small bottle containing about half a pint (of spirits), or just enough to “tickle”; also, a dram of whisky or brandy.

A small weapon carried on the person, as a pistol or a knife.

A strap with which to whip.

A prong’ used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.