Definition of prick

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Prick (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.

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Prick :: Prick (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse..
Pricklouse :: Pricklouse (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
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..
Tripmadam :: Tripmadam (n.) Same as Prickmadam.
Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Foin :: Foin (v. t.) To prick; to st?ng.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
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..
Pricksong :: Pricksong (v. t.) Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down..
Cocklebur :: Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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