prickle

A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.

• The plants that have prickles are, thorns, black and white, briar, rose, lemon-trees,[…]

A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.; A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), as distinguished from a thorn.

A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.figuratively

Gooseflesh.Ulsterin-plural

A kind of willow basket.

• If I had but a pottle of Sacke, like a sharp prickle, / To knock my nose against when I am nodding
• The prickle is a brown willow basket, in which walnuts are imported into this country from the Continent; they are about thirty inches deep, and in bulk rather larger than a gallon measure; they are used only by the vendors of walnuts.

A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.UKobsolete

A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.collective

• That honour belongs to a hairy-footed flower bee, a breeding pair of geese, some dragonfly nymphs, a flock of grey wagtails, a prickle of hedgehogs, an armada of newts, a flutter of spring butterflies and a “very cheeky” fox.
• It may strike some people as odd, a father-daughter gift of a porcupine (and a dead one, at that), but a prickle of porcupines had become quite the pests around his farm, damaging things and gnawing the bark off of many of the trees.

To feel a prickle.intransitive

To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.transitive

• Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse.