Prick

Prick
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. [1913 Webster]

2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]

The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]

3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. [1913 Webster]

Some who are pricked for sheriffs. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Those many, then, shall die: their names are pricked. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. [1913 Webster]

Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

My duty pricks me on to utter that. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I was pricked with some reproof.'' --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. --Acts ii. 37. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

11. (Far.) (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. (b) To nick. [1913 Webster]


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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prick — can refer to: * Prick (album), an album by the rock band The Melvins * A band or a self titled album by an industrial rock project led by Kevin McMahon (musician) * Prick , a single by the Australian band Something for Kate * Prick can be a slang …   Wikipedia

  • prick — (n.) O.E. prica (n.) point, puncture, particle; prician (v.) to prick, from W.Gmc. *prikojanan (Cf. Low Ger. pricken, Du. prikken to prick ); Dan. prikke to mark with dots, Swed. pricka to point, prick, mark with dots are probably from Low German …   Etymology dictionary

  • prick — [prik] n. [ME prike < OE prica, point, dot, akin to Du prik, MHG pfrecken] 1. a very small puncture or, formerly, dot, made by a sharp point 2. Archaic any of various pointed objects, as a thorn, goad, etc. 3. PRICKING 4. a sharp pain caused… …   English World dictionary

  • prick|le — «PRIHK uhl», noun, verb, led, ling. –n. 1. a) a small, sharp point; thorn; spine: »One of the prickles on the rosebush caught in my thumb. b) Botany. a sharp point growing from the bark of a plant like a thorn but able to be peeled off. 2. a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prick — (englisch wörtlich „Stachel“, meist übertragen vulgär „Penis“) ist eine Rock Band von Kevin McMahon, der auch ein anderes musikalisches Projekt mit dem Namen Lucky Pierre führt. Das selbstbetitelte Debüt Prick aus dem Jahr 1995 wurde von Trent… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prick — Album par Melvins Sortie Le 5 août 1994 Enregistrement Avril 1994 Durée 41 59 Genre Rock indépendant Metal Punk rock …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prick — ► VERB 1) press briefly or puncture with a sharp point. 2) feel a sensation as though a sharp point were sticking into one. 3) (often prick up) (chiefly of a horse or dog) make (the ears) stand erect when alert. 4) (prick out) plant (seedlings)… …   English terms dictionary

  • prick|et — prick|et1 «PRIHK iht», noun. 1. a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle. 2. a candlestick with such a point or points. ╂[Middle English pryket, perhaps < pryk prick + et et] prick|et2 «PRIHK iht», noun. a buck in his second year, with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prick — Prick, v. i. 1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. [1913 Webster] 2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Milton. [1913 Webster] A gentle knight was pricking on the plain. Spenser. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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