prick·et 
(prĭkĭt)
(prĭkĭt)n.
1.
a. A small point or spike for holding a candle upright.
b. A candlestick having such a spike.
2. A male deer in its second year, before the antlers branch.
[Middle English priket, diminutive of prik, prick, prick; see PRICK.]
pricket