Definition of prick

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

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Cactaceous :: Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example..
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
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..
Pricking :: Pricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pric.
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
Prickling :: Prickling (a.) Prickly.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) A sensation of being pricked.
Thistle :: Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..
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..
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..
Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..
Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
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