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Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..

Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..

Prick :: 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..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

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.

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..

Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..

Thistle :: Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..

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..

Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..

Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..

Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To nick.

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

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