4. A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks. [Eng.]

Tic"klish (?), a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as,

the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is

not ticklish. Bacon.

2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest

touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.

Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish?

Barrow.

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