Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..

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Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
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..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks..
Point :: Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer..
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..
Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
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