n.
The prickers, who rode foremost, . . . halted. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who tricks; a trickster. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A trigger. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. [ 1913 Webster ]