Definition of pricking

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Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.

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Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..
Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.
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..
Prod :: Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
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..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
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