PRICKLE

noun a sieve of filberts, — about fifty pounds.

2. prickle ·vt to prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

3. prickle ·noun a kind of willow basket;

— a term still used in some branches of trade.

4. 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.