Definition of prickle

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

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Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..
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..
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..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
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..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
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