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Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

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

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

Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.

Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..

Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..

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

Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

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

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

Punction :: Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture..

Prod :: Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.

Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..

Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..

Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.

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