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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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..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate..
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Euryale :: Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Yellowwood :: Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees fu
Prighte :: Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Goad :: Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
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