Prick

·v The footprint of a hare.

II. Prick ·noun To render acid or pungent.

III. Prick ·vi To aim at a point or mark.

IV. Prick ·noun To Nick.

V. Prick ·v A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.

VI. Prick ·vi To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

VII. Prick ·noun To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

VIII. Prick ·v A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

IX. Prick ·vi To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

X. Prick ·noun To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

XI. Prick ·noun To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

XII. Prick ·v A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.

XIII. Prick ·v A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

XIV. Prick ·noun To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

XV. Prick ·v The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

XVI. Prick ·v A mathematical point;

— regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

XVII. Prick ·noun To Dress; to Prink;

— usually with up.

XVIII. Prick ·noun To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.

XIX. Prick ·vi To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

XX. Prick ·v The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.

XXI. Prick ·v That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, ·etc.; a point; a skewer.

XXII. Prick ·noun To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to Choose; to Mark;

— sometimes with off.

XXIII. Prick ·noun To ride or guide with spurs; to Spur; to Goad; to Incite; to urge on;

— sometimes with on, or off.

XXIV. Prick ·noun 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.

XXV. Prick ·noun 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.

XXVI. Prick ·noun 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.