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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Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
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..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Pricky :: Pricky (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.
Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Sticktail :: Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
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