Pricker: alternatives and connections

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

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A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shap…

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The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

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