pricker

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English

Etymology

From prick +‎ -er.

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Pronunciation

Noun

pricker (plural prickers)

  1. One who pricks.
  2. A tool for pricking.
    • 1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 112:
      The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.
  3. A prickle or thorn.
  4. Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
  5. One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
  6. A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.[1]
  7. (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.[2]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Pricker”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
  2. ^ 1841, Richard Henry Dana Jr., The Seaman's Friend
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