Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

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Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
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..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..
Prickling :: Prickling (a.) Prickly.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
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.
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.
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 make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse..
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..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
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