PRICKLE

prickle. Prickle, n. a very small sharp point, thorn, brier

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Pric″kle (?), n. [[AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG. prickel, D. prikkel. See Prick, n.]] 1. 1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.
2. 2. A kind of willow basket; — a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.
3. 3. A sieve of filberts, — about fifty pounds.