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PRICK, v.t. 1. To pierce with a sharp pointed instrument or substance; as, to prick one with a pin, a needle, a thorn or the like.2. To erect a pointed thing, or with an acuminated point; applied chiefly to the ears, and primarily to the pointed ears of an animal. The horse pricks his ears, or pricks up his ears.3. To fix by the point; as, to prick a knife into a board.4. To hang on a point. The cooks prick a slice on a prong of iron.5. To designate by a puncture or mark. Some who are pricked for sheriffs, and are fit, set out of the bill.6. To spur; to goad; to incite; sometimes with on or off. My duty pricks me on to utter that Which no worldly good should draw from me. But how if honor prick me off.7. To affect with sharp pain; to sting with remorse. When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts. Acts 2. Ps.73.8. To make acid or pungent to the taste; as, wine is pricked.9. To write a musical composition with the proper notes on a scale. 10. In seamen's language, to run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. To prick a chart, is to trace a ship's course on a chart. PRICK, v.i. To become acid; as, cider pricks in the rays of the sun. 1. To dress one's self for show.2. To come upon the spur; to shoot along. Before each van Prick forth the airy knights.3. To aim at a point, mark or place.PRICK, n. 1. A slender pointed instrument or substance, which is hard enough to pierce the skin; a goad; a spur. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts 9.2. Sharp stinging pain; remorse.3. A spot or mark at which archers aim.4. A point; a fixed place.5. A puncture or place entered by a point.6. The print of a hare on the ground.7. In seamen's language, a small roll; as a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
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PRICK, v.t. 1. To pierce with a sharp pointed instrument or substance; as, to prick one with a pin, a needle, a thorn or the like.2. To erect a pointed thing, or with an acuminated point; applied chiefly to the ears, and primarily to the pointed ears of an animal. The horse pricks his ears, or pricks up his ears.3. To fix by the point; as, to prick a knife into a board.4. To hang on a point. The cooks prick a slice on a prong of iron.5. To designate by a puncture or mark. Some who are pricked for sheriffs, and are fit, set out of the bill.6. To spur; to goad; to incite; sometimes with on or off. My duty pricks me on to utter that Which no worldly good should draw from me. But how if honor prick me off.7. To affect with sharp pain; to sting with remorse. When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts. Acts 2. Ps.73.8. To make acid or pungent to the taste; as, wine is pricked.9. To write a musical composition with the proper notes on a scale. 10. In seamen's language, to run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. To prick a chart, is to trace a ship's course on a chart. PRICK, v.i. To become acid; as, cider pricks in the rays of the sun. 1. To dress one's self for show.2. To come upon the spur; to shoot along. Before each van Prick forth the airy knights.3. To aim at a point, mark or place.PRICK, n. 1. A slender pointed instrument or substance, which is hard enough to pierce the skin; a goad; a spur. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts 9.2. Sharp stinging pain; remorse.3. A spot or mark at which archers aim.4. A point; a fixed place.5. A puncture or place entered by a point.6. The print of a hare on the ground.7. In seamen's language, a small roll; as a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. | PRICK, v.i.- To become acid; as, cider pricks in the rays of the sun.
- To dress one's self for show.
- To come upon the spur; to shoot along.
Before each van / Prick forth the airy knights. – Milton.
- To aim at a point, mark or place. – Hawkins.
PRICK, v.t. [Sax. priccian; D. prikken; Dan. prikker; Sw. pricka; Ir. priocam.]- To pierce with a sharp pointed instrument or substance; as, to prick one with a pin, a needle, a thorn or the like.
- To erect a pointed thing, or with an acuminated point; applied chiefly to the ears, and primarily to the pointed ears of an animal. The horse pricks his ears, or pricks up his ears.
- To fix by the point; as, to prick a knife into a board. – Newton.
- To hang on a point.
The cooks prick a slice on a prong of iron. – Sandys.
- To designate by a puncture or mark.
Some who are pricked for sherifs, and are fit, set out of the bill. – Bacon.
- To spur; to goad; to incite; sometimes with on or off.
My duty pricks me on to utter that / Which no worldly good should draw from me. – Shak.
But how if honor prick me off. – Shak.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting with remorse.
When they heard this they were pricked in their hearts. – Acts ii. Ps. lxxiii.
- To make acid or pungent to the taste; as, wine is pricked. – Hudibras.
- To write a musical composition with the proper notes on a scale.
- In seamen's language, to run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. – Mar. Dict.
To prick a chart, is to trace a ship's course on a chart. – Mar. Dict.
PRICK, n. [Sax. pricca; Sw. prick or preka; tand-preka, a tooth-pick; Ir. prioca.]- A slender pointed instrument or substance, which is hard enough to pierce the skin; a goad; a spur.
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. – Acts ix.
- Sharp stinging pain; remorse. – Shak.
- A spot or mark at which archers aim. – Carew.
- A point; a fixed place. – Spenser.
- A puncture or place entered by a point. – Brown.
- The print of a hare on the ground.
- In seamen's language, a small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
| Prick
- That
which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a
pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
- 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
be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a
sore finger pricks.
- The act of pricking, or the sensation of
being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by
puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
- To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
- A mark made by a pointed instrument; a
puncture; a point.
- To mark or denote by a puncture; to
designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with
off.
- To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as
wine.
- A small roll; as, a
prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
- 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 aim at a point or mark.
- 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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Prick PRICK, verb transitive 1. To pierce with a sharp pointed instrument or substance; as, to prick one with a pin, a needle, a thorn or the like. 2. To erect a pointed thing, or with an acuminated point; applied chiefly to the ears, and primarily to the pointed ears of an animal. The horse pricks his ears, or pricks up his ears. 3. To fix by the point; as, to prick a knife into a board. 4. To hang on a point. The cooks prick a slice on a prong of iron. 5. To designate by a puncture or mark. Some who are pricked for sheriffs, and are fit, set out of the bill. 6. To spur; to goad; to incite; sometimes with on or off. My duty pricks me on to utter that Which no worldly good should draw from me. But how if honor prick me off. 7. To affect with sharp pain; to sting with remorse. When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts. Acts 2:37. Psalms 73:21. 8. To make acid or pungent to the taste; as, wine is pricked. 9. To write a musical composition with the proper notes on a scale. 10. In seamen's language, to run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail. To prick a chart, is to trace a ship's course on a chart. PRICK, verb intransitive To become acid; as, cider pricks in the rays of the sun. 1. To dress one's self for show. 2. To come upon the spur; to shoot along. Before each van PRICK forth the airy knights. 3. To aim at a point, mark or place. PRICK, noun 1. A slender pointed instrument or substance, which is hard enough to pierce the skin; a goad; a spur. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts 9:5. 2. Sharp stinging pain; remorse. 3. A spot or mark at which archers aim. 4. A point; a fixed place. 5. A puncture or place entered by a point. 6. The print of a hare on the ground. 7. In seamen's language, a small roll; as a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
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