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(1):

(n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.

(2):

(n.) To nick.

(3):

(v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

(6):

(v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.

(7):

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

(8):

(v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.

(9):

(v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.

(10):

(v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

(11):

(v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

(12):

(v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.

(13):

(v.) A mathematical point; - regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

(14):

(v.) The footprint of a hare.

(15):

(v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.

(16):

(n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

(17):

(v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.

(18):

(v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

(19):

(n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.

(20):

(n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; - sometimes with off.

(21):

(n.) 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.

(22):

(n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; - sometimes with on, or off.

(23):

(n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

(24):

(n.) 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.

(25):

(n.) To render acid or pungent.

(26):

(n.) To dress; to prink; - usually with up.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prick'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prick.html. 1828.
 
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