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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Prickwood

· Prick·wood · IPA
01 n. A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.
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    A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.(Bot.) Also: spindle tree