'Pricker' definitions:
Definition of 'pricker'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pricker'
From: GCIDE
- Pricker \Prick"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman. [1913 Webster]
- The prickers, who rode foremost, . . . halted. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking. --R. H. Dana, Ir. [1913 Webster]