Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition..

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Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..
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..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking..
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 a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
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..
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Prighte :: Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.
Xanthoxylum :: Xanthoxylum (n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash..
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To nick.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
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