"The next time I'm pricked," said Trix to herself firmly, "I'll seize hold of the prickle, and then perhaps we'll see where we are."
"Antony Gray,--Gardener"
Leslie Moore
It was a terribly big prickle, and showed itself perfectly distinctly.
"Antony Gray,--Gardener"
Leslie Moore
The latter are sometimes barbed with the same substance, or with the prickle of the sting-ray, or with stone or hardened gum, and sometimes simply pointed.
"A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson"
Watkin Tench