Pricker

Definitions

1. One who pricks.
2. A tool for pricking.
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.
7. A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

Equivalents

Examples

“The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.”

“The prickers, who rode foremost, […] halted.”

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