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

Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech..

Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..

Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..

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..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..

Puncture :: Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin..

Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..

Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..

Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..

Prod :: Prod (n.) A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

Satinwood :: Satinwood (n.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies..

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..

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.

Prick :: Prick (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..

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..

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.

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