Definition of prick

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Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..

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Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
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..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
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..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
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..
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To nick.
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