Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..

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Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Progue :: Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.
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..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
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..
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..
Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
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