Definition of prick

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Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..

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Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Carline Thistle :: Carline thistle () A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia..
Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..
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..
Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice..
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..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..
Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
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