Prod

·noun A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

II. Prod ·noun A light kind of crossbow;

— in the sense, often spelled prodd.

III. Prod ·noun A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, ·etc.

IV. Prod ·vt To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.