Definition of prick

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Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

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Prick :: Prick (v.) The footprint of a hare.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Prick :: Prick (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..
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 (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse..
Poinciana :: Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments..
Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..
Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.
Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
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..
Uppricked :: Uppricked (a.) Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal.
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