Definition of prick

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

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Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
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..
Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..
Point :: Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick..
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles..
Yellowwood :: Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees fu
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine..
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
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..
Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
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..
Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A pricking; stimulation.
Punction :: Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
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