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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Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.
Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..
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..
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
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..
Christ''s-thorn :: Christ's-thorn (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns..
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..
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
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