pricket

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The appendage in question was named a "pricket bat", and it was used to burst balloons.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2013

The old foresters had different names for a buck during each successive year of its life, distinguishing the fawn from the pricket, the pricket from the sore, and so forth, as its age increased. 

From Style by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

The preyful Princess pierc'd and prick'd a pretty pleasing pricket;   Some say a sore; but not a sore till now made sore with shooting.

From Love's Labour's Lost by Shakespeare, William

Among the varieties are the earliest form of pricket candlestick on which the candle was "stuck," the bell candlesticks, and the candlesticks which were fixed on brackets against the wall.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)

The whole service was gilt, and the bequest included also a pair of magnificent pricket candlesticks, each nearly 20 inches high, with rich stems and massive scrolled bases.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)