pricker
Noun
Meaning
One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
thorn
prickle
spine
sticker
spikelet
bradawl
auger
gaucho
horseman
dragoon
back
spike
cowboy
cactus
bodkin
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A four-inch brass pin was used to insert into the muscles and find “the Devils mark” a mark supposedly insensible to any pain, all the Pricker had to do was keep stabbing until the victim could take no more…a confession would end the suffering.