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Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

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..

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

Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..

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

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.

Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

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

Punction :: Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.

Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.

Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.

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..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..

Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

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..

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

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