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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Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
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..
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
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..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Stabbingly :: Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Cactaceous :: Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example..
Punction :: Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture..
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
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