Pricking

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sensation of being pricked.

II. Pricking ·noun Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

III. Pricking ·noun ·same·as Nicking.

IV. Pricking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Prick.

V. Pricking ·noun The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

VI. Pricking ·noun The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

VII. Pricking ·noun The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.

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