pricket — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A candle.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

2. A spike for holding a single candle.

   Examples

   Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets.

3. A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.

   Synonyms

   brocketknobberknobblerspitter

   Examples

   Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter

   he can stay / For the new-mown hay, / And startle the dappled prickets?

Noun

1. a sharp metal spike to hold a candle

   Broader terms

   spike

2. male deer in his second year

   Broader terms

   deercervid