Definition of prick

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Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..

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Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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..
Prickling :: Prickling (a.) Prickly.
Punction :: Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture..
Xanthoxylene :: Xanthoxylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an aromatic oil.
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..
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..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
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..
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
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..
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..
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