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Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Nicker Nut :: Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray..

Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

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..

Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

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

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..

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

Stabbingly :: Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking..

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

Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..

Io Moth :: Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles..

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

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..

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

Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.

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