Definition of prick

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Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..

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Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
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..
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..
Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery..
Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.
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..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To nick.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.
Thorn :: Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..
Prod :: Prod (n.) A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
Tuna :: Tuna (n.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Pricky :: Pricky (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.
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