prickle

Etymology

noun

1. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
2. (botany) On various plants, such as roses and Vachellia, sharp, hard extensions of the cortex and epidermis, informally called "thorns" in colloquial speech.
3. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
4. A kind of willow basket.
   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. 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor
5. (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

verb

1. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
   Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse. 2014, J. S. Eades, Promises and Other Broken Things, page 400