pricket/ˈpɹɪkɪt/EtymologyFrom Middle English precat, preket, priket, pryket; equivalent to prick + -et. Earlier currency of the Middle English word is apparently implied by surnames and borrowings into Latin and Anglo-Norman.nounA candle.A spike for holding a single candle.“Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets.”A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.“Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter”