Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper..

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Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Progue :: Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.
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..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
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.
Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..
Point :: Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
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