Definition of prick

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

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Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Same as Nicking.
Christ''s-thorn :: Christ's-thorn (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
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..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Yellowwood :: Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees fu
Prickpunch :: Prickpunch (n.) A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal..
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
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