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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Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Pricky :: Pricky (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks..
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.
Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
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