pricking
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pricking n 1 :
the act of puncturing with a small point ; "
he gave the balloon a small prick " [
synonym : {
prick }, {
pricking }]
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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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 - Wikipedia During the height of the witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries, common belief held that a witch could be discovered through the process of pricking their skin with needles, pins and bodkins – daggerlike instruments for drawing ribbons through hems or punching holes in cloth
PRICK Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PRICK is a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument How to use prick in a sentence
PRICKING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary PRICKING definition: 1 present participle of prick 2 to make a very small hole or holes in the surface of something… Learn more
PRICKING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com PRICKING definition: the act of a person or thing that pricks See examples of pricking used in a sentence
What does Pricking mean? - Definitions. net Pricking refers to the action of making small holes or piercing slightly using a pointed object like a needle or pin It can also refer to an irritating or uncomfortable sensation of being pierced or punctured, often used to describe a physical feeling in the skin or body
PRICKING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary PRICKING meaning: 1 present participle of prick 2 to make a very small hole or holes in the surface of something… Learn more
Pricking - definition of pricking by The Free Dictionary n 1 a The act of piercing or pricking b The sensation of being pierced or pricked 2 a A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse
Witch Pricking And The Devil’s Mark - Ancient Origins Witch finders, like Matthew Hopkins, utilized specially made witch pricking tools with hollow handles and retractable and blunted points When one would press such a tool to the victim’s skin, it seemed as if it had fully penetrated the skin, but the needle simply retracted into the handle
PRICKING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Definition of 'pricking' pricking in British English (ˈprɪkɪŋ ) noun the act or an instance of feeling a sharp emotion
PRICKING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for PRICKING: stinging, bleeding, prickling, nagging, pinching, burning, smarting, itching; Antonyms of PRICKING: helping, painless, healing, indolent, remedial, curative