| slovo | definícia |
prickle
(mass) | prickle
- brnenie |
prickle
(encz) | prickle,brnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
prickle
(encz) | prickle,brnět v: Zdeněk Brož |
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] Prickleback |
Prickle
(gcide) | Prickle \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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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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
prickle
(mass) | prickle
- brnenie |
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 |
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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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 |
prickle-weed
(wn) | prickle-weed
n 1: perennial herb of North American prairies having dense
heads of small white flowers [syn: prairie mimosa,
prickle-weed, Desmanthus ilinoensis] |
prickleback
(wn) | prickleback
n 1: small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long
dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
2: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed
fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate
courtship; subjects of much research [syn: stickleback,
prickleback] |
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