† prickled, a. Obs.
(ˈprɪk(ə)ld)
[f. prickle n.1 + -ed2.]
Furnished or set with prickles; prickly. prickled apple: app. the fruit of Anona muricata, the sour-sop. prickled pear = next.
| 1598 Florio, Sonco, an herbe.. whereof be two kindes, the one prickled, the other not prickled. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 546 Within which the beast draweth up his body, as a Hedge-hog doth within his prickled skin. 1610 Jourdan Discov. Bermudas 15 The Country yeeldeth diuers fruits, as prickled peares. 1613–16 W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii. 63 The little Redbrest to the prickled thorne Return'd. 1657 R. Ligon Barbadoes 70 The Prickled apple..is shap't like the heart of an Oxe,..a faint green on the outside, with many prickles on it, the tast very like a musty Limon. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Spinach, Having its Corners very sharp-pointed and prickled. |