n.
The prickers, who rode foremost, . . . halted. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perhaps so called from the state of his horns. See Prick, and cf. Brocket. ] (Zool.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]