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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Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..
Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
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..
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
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