- pricels
- m (-es/-as) prickle, goad, point; jot, tittle
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
prickle — [prik′əl] n. [ME prykel < OE pricel, earlier pricels < base of prica (see PRICK) + els, instrumental suffix] 1. any sharp point; specif., a small, sharply pointed spine lacking vascular tissue and growing from the tissue under the outer… … English World dictionary
prick|le — «PRIHK uhl», noun, verb, led, ling. –n. 1. a) a small, sharp point; thorn; spine: »One of the prickles on the rosebush caught in my thumb. b) Botany. a sharp point growing from the bark of a plant like a thorn but able to be peeled off. 2. a… … Useful english dictionary