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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Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
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.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
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..
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..
Thorn :: Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn..
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..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Prickling :: Prickling (a.) Prickly.
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
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