Definition of prick

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Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

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Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla..
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Pricksong :: Pricksong (v. t.) Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down..
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..
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..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
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