Prickle

·noun A sieve of filberts, — about fifty pounds.

II. Prickle ·vt To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

III. Prickle ·noun A kind of willow basket;

— a term still used in some branches of trade.

IV. Prickle ·noun 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.