Definition of prick

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Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

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Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
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..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
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..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
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..
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