Definition of prick

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Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

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Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Point :: Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
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..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To render acid or pungent.
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
Euryale :: Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food..
Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..
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