Prick
Definition of Prick
n. | 1. | That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. | | 2. | The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. | | 3. | A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. | | 4. | (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. | | 3. | To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; - sometimes with off. | | 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. | | 5. | To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; - sometimes with on, or off. | | 6. | To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. | | 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. | | 8. | To render acid or pungent. | | 9. | To dress; to prink; - usually with up. | | 10. | (Naut) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. | | 11. | (Far.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. | v. i. | 1. | To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. | | 2. | To spur onward; to ride on horseback. | | 3. | To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. | | 4. | To aim at a point or mark. |
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