| Prick (prick) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Prick |
| [AS. prica,
pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke,
D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick.
Cf. Prick, v.] |
That
which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a
pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
The act of pricking, or the sensation of
being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
A mark made by a pointed instrument; a
puncture; a point.
A small roll; as, a
prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
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| Prick (prick) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Prick |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Pricked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician] akin to LG. pricken, D.
prikken, Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See
Prick, n. |
To pierce slightly with a sharp-
pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by
puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a
pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in
paper.
To fix by the point; to attach or hang by
puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
To mark or denote by a puncture; to
designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with
off.
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.
To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to
goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or
off.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as
with remorse.
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.
To render acid or pungent.
To dress; to prink; -- usually with
up.
To run a
middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
To drive
a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
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To
be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a
sore finger pricks.
To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as
wine.
To aim at a point or mark.
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