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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Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Nicker Nut :: Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray..
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Prick :: Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Pricksong :: Pricksong (v. t.) Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..
Thistle :: Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Thorn :: Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn..
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 (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
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