Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To render acid or pungent.

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Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
Fingrigo :: Fingrigo (n.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Prickling :: Prickling (a.) Prickly.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To nick.
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
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..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
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 (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
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