Definition of prick

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Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..

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Cutgrass :: Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1..
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..
Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.
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