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Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Cactaceous :: Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example..

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..

Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

Thorn :: Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn..

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..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

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..

Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

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..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.

Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..

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