pricket

noun3

1. •
   A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.

   • he can stay / For the new-mown hay, / And startle the dappled prickets? — 1816
2. •
   A spike for holding a single candle.

   • Lighting their way with tallow candles on pewter prickets. — 2020
3. •
   (no longer used) A candle.