Definition of prickle

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Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

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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..
Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
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..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
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..
Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..
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..
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