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Pricking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Prick
n.
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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.
Prick
n.
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To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
Prick
n.
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To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
Prick
n.
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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.
Prick
n.
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To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
Prick
n.
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To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
Prick
n.
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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.
Prick
n.
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To render acid or pungent.
Prick
n.
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To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
Prick
n.
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To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
Prick
n.
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To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
Prick
n.
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To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
Prick
n.
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To nick.
Prick
v. i.
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To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
Prick
v. i.
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To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Prick
v. i.
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To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
Prick
v. i.
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To aim at a point or mark.
Prick-eared
a.
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Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.
Pricker
n.
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One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
Pricker
n.
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One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
Pricker
n.
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A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
Pricker
n.
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A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.
Pricket
n.
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A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Pricking
n.
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The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
Pricking
n.
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The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
Pricking
n.
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Same as Nicking.
Pricking
n.
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A sensation of being pricked.
Pricking
n.
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The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
Pricking
n.
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Dressing one's self for show; prinking.