Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..

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Satinwood :: Satinwood (n.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies..
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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.
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
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..
Progue :: Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse..
Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..
Prighte :: Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
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.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
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..
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