(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:14:01

Prick"wood` (?), n. Bot.

A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.

 

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