ˈprickwood
[See prick n. 14.]
a. The Spindle-tree, Euonymus europæus. ? Obs. b. The Wild Cornel or Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. dial.
| a. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 115 They [Sheep] are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood, savin,..and scortching fennel. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Prick Wood, Euonymus. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 64 Euonymus Europæus (Common Spindle-tree)..known to the old English herbalists chiefly by the name of Prickwood. |
| b. 1869 Hardwicke's Sc. Gossip 1 Feb. 30/1 The Dog⁓wood (Cornus sanguinea) means dagge-wood, dagge being the old English equivalent for a dagger, and the wood having been used for skewers... In Buckinghamshire it is still called Prickwood and Skewerwood. 1886 Britten & Holl. cite it from N. Bucks. |