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prick
(encz) | prick,čurák n: [vulg.] část těla i osoba MPEG |
prick
(encz) | prick,píchat v: Zdeněk Brož |
prick
(encz) | prick,žihadlo n: [vulg.] [slang.] část těla MPEG |
Prick
(gcide) | Prick \Prick\, n. [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick,
pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick,
v.]
1. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and
slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.;
a point; a skewer.
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Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.
--Shak.
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It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
--Acts ix. 5.
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2. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a
sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. "The pricks
of conscience." --A. Tucker.
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3. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
Hence:
(a) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. [Obs.]
"The prick of noon." --Shak.
(b) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the
mark; the pin. "They that shooten nearest the prick."
--Spenser.
(c) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. [Obs.] "To
prick of highest praise forth to advance." --Spenser.
(d) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English
translations of Euclid.
(e) The footprint of a hare. [Obs.]
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4. (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of
tobacco.
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Prick
(gcide) | Prick \Prick\, v. i.
1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by
puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
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2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. --Milton.
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A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.
--Spenser.
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3. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
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4. To aim at a point or mark. --Hawkins.
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Prick
(gcide) | Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken,
Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink,
Prig.]
1. 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.
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2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
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The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
--Sandys.
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3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
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Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon.
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Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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Those many, then, shall die: their names are
pricked. --Shak.
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4. 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. --Cowper.
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5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
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My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak.
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6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. "I
was pricked with some reproof." --Tennyson.
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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
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7. 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. "The courser
. . . pricks up his ears." --Dryden.
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8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
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10. (Naut)
(a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
(b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
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11. (Far.)
(a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
lameness.
(b) To nick.
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prick
(wn) | prick
n 1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard,
cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker,
motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch,
SOB]
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
3: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
4: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the
balloon a small prick" [syn: prick, pricking]
v 1: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
prickle, prick]
2: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn:
prick, sting, twinge]
3: raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" [syn: prick up,
prick, cock up]
4: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad,
prick]
5: cause a prickling sensation [syn: prickle, prick]
6: to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her
unhappiness pricked his conscience"
7: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn:
sting, bite, prick] |
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pinprick
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prick
(encz) | prick,čurák n: [vulg.] část těla i osoba MPEGprick,píchat v: Zdeněk Brožprick,žihadlo n: [vulg.] [slang.] část těla MPEG |
prick up
(encz) | prick up, v: |
pricker
(encz) | pricker,bodec n: Zdeněk Brož |
pricket
(encz) | pricket, n: |
pricking
(encz) | pricking,píchající adj: Zdeněk Brožpricking,píchání n: Zdeněk Brož |
prickle
(encz) | prickle,brnění n: Zdeněk Brožprickle,brnět v: Zdeněk Brož |
prickle cell
(encz) | prickle cell, n: |
prickle-weed
(encz) | prickle-weed, n: |
prickleback
(encz) | prickleback, n: |
prickled
(encz) | prickled,brněl v: Zdeněk Brož |
prickliness
(encz) | prickliness,bodlinatost n: Zdeněk Brožprickliness,trnitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
prickling
(encz) | prickling, |
prickly
(encz) | prickly,paličatý adj: Rostislav Svobodaprickly,pichlavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prickly ash
(encz) | prickly ash, n: |
prickly custard apple
(encz) | prickly custard apple, n: |
prickly heat
(encz) | prickly heat,potničky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
prickly lettuce
(encz) | prickly lettuce, n: |
prickly pear
(encz) | prickly pear, |
prickly pear cactus
(encz) | prickly pear cactus, n: |
prickly pine
(encz) | prickly pine, n: |
prickly poppy
(encz) | prickly poppy, n: |
prickly shield fern
(encz) | prickly shield fern, n: |
prickly-seeded spinach
(encz) | prickly-seeded spinach, n: |
prickteaser
(encz) | prickteaser, n: |
bristly prickly snappish splenetic waspish
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Prick-eared
(gcide) | Prick-eared \Prick"-eared`\, a. (Zool.)
Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs.
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Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. --Shak.
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Pricked
(gcide) | Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken,
Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink,
Prig.]
1. 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.
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2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
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The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
--Sandys.
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3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
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Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon.
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Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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Those many, then, shall die: their names are
pricked. --Shak.
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4. 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. --Cowper.
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5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
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My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak.
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6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. "I
was pricked with some reproof." --Tennyson.
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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
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7. 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. "The courser
. . . pricks up his ears." --Dryden.
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8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
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10. (Naut)
(a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
(b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
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11. (Far.)
(a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
lameness.
(b) To nick.
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Pricker
(gcide) | Pricker \Prick"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a
sharp point; a prickle.
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2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
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The prickers, who rode foremost, . . . halted. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and
gunnery. --Knight.
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4. (Naut.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden
handle, -- used in sailmaking. --R. H. Dana, Ir.
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Pricket
(gcide) | Pricket \Prick"et\, n. [Perhaps so called from the state of his
horns. See Prick, and cf. Brocket.] (Zool.)
A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
--Shak.
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Pricking
(gcide) | Prick \Prick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricking.] [AS. prician; akin to LG. pricken, D. prikken,
Dan. prikke, Sw. pricka. See Prick, n., and cf. Prink,
Prig.]
1. 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.
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2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
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The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
--Sandys.
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3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
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Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon.
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Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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Those many, then, shall die: their names are
pricked. --Shak.
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4. 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. --Cowper.
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5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
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My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak.
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6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. "I
was pricked with some reproof." --Tennyson.
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Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
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7. 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. "The courser
. . . pricks up his ears." --Dryden.
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8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
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10. (Naut)
(a) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
(b) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
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11. (Far.)
(a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
lameness.
(b) To nick.
[1913 Webster]Pricking \Prick"ing\, n.
1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
"There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword."
--Prov. xii. 18 [1583].
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2. (Far.)
(a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to
produce lameness.
(b) Same as Nicking.
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3. A sensation of being pricked. --Shak.
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4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also,
the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.]
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5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]
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Pricking-up
(gcide) | Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.)
The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon
laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for
the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
--Brande & C.
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Prickle
(gcide) | Prickle \Pric"kle\, v. t.
To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
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Felt a horror over me creep,
Prickle skin, and catch my breath. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster] PricklebackPrickle \Pric"kle\, n. [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG.
prickel, D. prikkel. See Prick, n.]
1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp
process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the
bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. --Bacon.
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2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some
branches of trade. --B. Jonson.
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3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
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Prickleback
(gcide) | Prickleback \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zool.)
The stickleback.
[1913 Webster]Stickleback \Stic"kle*back`\, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v.
t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus
Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two
or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish
water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag,
sharpling, and prickleback.
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prickleback
(gcide) | Prickleback \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zool.)
The stickleback.
[1913 Webster]Stickleback \Stic"kle*back`\, n. [OE. & Prov E. stickle a
prickle, spine, sting (AS. sticel) + back. See Stick, v.
t., and cf. Banstickle.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus
Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two
or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish
water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag,
sharpling, and prickleback.
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Pricklefish
(gcide) | Prickleback \Pric"kle*back`\, Pricklefish \Pric"kle*fish`\, n.
(Zool.)
The stickleback.
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Prickliness
(gcide) | Prickliness \Prick"li*ness\, n. [From Prickly.]
The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.
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Prickling
(gcide) | Prickling \Prick"ling\, a.
Prickly. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Pricklouse
(gcide) | Pricklouse \Prick"louse`\, n.
A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [Old slang] --L'Estrange.
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Prickly
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickly ash
(gcide) | Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),
1. A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish
flowers appearing with the leaves; also called {toothache
tree}. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum.
--Gray.
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2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.
[PJC]Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
tree} and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
spinosa}.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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prickly ash
(gcide) | Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),
1. A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish
flowers appearing with the leaves; also called {toothache
tree}. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum.
--Gray.
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2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.
[PJC]Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
tree} and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
spinosa}.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Prickly ash
(gcide) | Prickly ash \Prickly ash\ (Bot.),
1. A prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish
flowers appearing with the leaves; also called {toothache
tree}. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
The southern species is Xanthoxylum Carolinianum.
--Gray.
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2. (Bot.), Hercules'-club, also called the Angelica tree.
[PJC]Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, {Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis}.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called {Angelica
tree} and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, {Aralia
spinosa}.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Prickly heat
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickly pear
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickly pole
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickly poppy
(gcide) | Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
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California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus Eschscholtzia.
Corn poppy. See under Corn.
Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.
Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.
Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver
somniferum}).
Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene
inflata}). See Catchfly.
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Prickly rat
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickly withe
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Prickmadam
(gcide) | Prickmadam \Prick"mad`am\, n. [F. trique-madame. Cf.
Tripmadam.] (Bot.)
A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as
ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop.
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Prickpunch
(gcide) | Prickpunch \Prick"punch`\, n.
A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.
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Prickshaft
(gcide) | Prickshaft \Prick"shaft`\, n.
An arrow. [Obs.]
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Pricksong
(gcide) | Pricksong \Prick"song`\ (?; 115), n. [See Prick, v. t., 4.]
Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called
from the points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.]
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He fights as you sing pricksong. --Shak.
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Prickwood
(gcide) | Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub (Euonymus Europ[ae]us); -- so named from the use of
its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
spindle tree.
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Pricky
(gcide) | Pricky \Prick"y\, a.
Stiff and sharp; prickly. --Holland.
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Uppricked
(gcide) | Uppricked \Up*pricked"\, a.
Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. --Mason.
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pinprick
(wn) | pinprick
n 1: a minor annoyance
2: small puncture (as if made by a pin) |
prick
(wn) | prick
n 1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard,
cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker,
motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch,
SOB]
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
3: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
4: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the
balloon a small prick" [syn: prick, pricking]
v 1: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
prickle, prick]
2: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn:
prick, sting, twinge]
3: raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" [syn: prick up,
prick, cock up]
4: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad,
prick]
5: cause a prickling sensation [syn: prickle, prick]
6: to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her
unhappiness pricked his conscience"
7: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn:
sting, bite, prick] |
prick up
(wn) | prick up
v 1: raise; "The dog pricked up his ears" [syn: prick up,
prick, cock up] |
pricker
(wn) | pricker
n 1: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker,
sticker, spikelet]
2: an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws [syn:
bradawl, pricker] |
pricket
(wn) | pricket
n 1: a sharp metal spike to hold a candle
2: male deer in his second year |
pricking
(wn) | pricking
n 1: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the
balloon a small prick" [syn: prick, pricking] |
prickle
(wn) | prickle
n 1: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker,
sticker, spikelet]
v 1: cause a prickling sensation [syn: prickle, prick]
2: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: tingle,
prickle]
3: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
prickle, prick] |
prickle cell
(wn) | prickle cell
n 1: a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell
layer); has many spines and radiating processes |
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