pricket
Candleholder with spike
A pricket is a spike on which a candle is mounted, as distinct from a cup or socket holder.
The word also names a male fallow deer in its second year, when its antlers are straight unbranched spikes: a young pricket grazing at the forest edge.
Both senses share the idea of a pointed projection.
spike
Sharp rise or point
wick · candle · sconce · chandelier · candelabra · stand · votive · pillar · drip · melt
- prick upRaise alertly
- prickly pearSpine-covered cactus, edible fruit
- prickly heatSweat-related skin rash
- pricked ears
- finger prickSmall puncture for sampling
- prick up one's earsListen with sudden interest
prickly, prick, prickle, pricked, prickles, pricking, pricker, unpricked