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.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
Spittle :: Spitter (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket..
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..
Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..
Prickpunch :: Prickpunch (n.) A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation..
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla..
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..
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
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..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
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