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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
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     2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
        to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
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              The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
                                                    --Sandys.
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     3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
        to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
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              Some who are pricked for sheriffs.    --Bacon.
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              Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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              Those many, then, shall die: their names are
              pricked.                              --Shak.
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     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.
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     5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
        to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
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              Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
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              My duty pricks me on to utter that.   --Shak.
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     6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I
        was pricked with some reproof.'' --Tennyson.
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              Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
              heart.                                --Acts ii. 37.
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     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.
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     8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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     9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
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     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.
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     11. (Far.)
         (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
             lameness.
         (b) To nick.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Pricking \Prick"ing\, n.
     1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
        ``There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.''
        --Prov. xii. 18 [1583].
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     2. (Far.)
        (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to
            produce lameness.
        (b) Same as Nicking.
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     3. A sensation of being pricked. --Shak.
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     4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also,
        the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.]
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     5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     2. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as,
        to prick a knife into a board. --Sir I. Newton.
  
              The cooks prick it [a slice] on a prong of iron.
                                                    --Sandys.
  
     3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking;
        to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
  
              Some who are pricked for sheriffs.    --Bacon.
  
              Let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
              Those many, then, shall die: their names are
              pricked.                              --Shak.
  
     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.
  
     5. To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite;
        to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
  
              Who pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              The season pricketh every gentle heart. --Chaucer.
  
              My duty pricks me on to utter that.   --Shak.
  
     6. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. ``I
        was pricked with some reproof.'' --Tennyson.
  
              Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
              heart.                                --Acts ii. 37.
  
     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.
  
     8. To render acid or pungent. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
  
     9. To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. [Obs.]
  
     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.
  
     11. (Far.)
         (a) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause
             lameness.
         (b) To nick.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Pricking \Prick"ing\, n.
     1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
        ``There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.''
        --Prov. xii. 18 [1583].
  
     2. (Far.)
        (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to
            produce lameness.
        (b) Same as Nicking.
  
     3. A sensation of being pricked. --Shak.
  
     4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also,
        the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.]
  
     5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  pricking
       n : the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the
           balloon a small prick" [syn: prick]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     n.
     1 The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
     2 A sensation that pricks.
     3 The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce
  lameness.
     4 (lb en mining) A nicking.
     5 The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
     6 The act of trace a hare by its footmarks.
     7 (lb en obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prick nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     n.
     1 The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
     2 A sensation that pricks.
     3 The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce
  lameness.
     4 (lb en mining) A nicking.
     5 The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
     6 The act of trace a hare by its footmarks.
     7 (lb en obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prick nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     n.
     1 The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
     2 A sensation that pricks.
     3 The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce
  lameness.
     4 (lb en mining) A nicking.
     5 The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
     6 The act of trace a hare by its footmarks.
     7 (lb en obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prick nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     n.
     1 The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
     2 A sensation that pricks.
     3 The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce
  lameness.
     4 (lb en mining) A nicking.
     5 The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
     6 The act of trace a hare by its footmarks.
     7 (lb en obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prick nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p rick ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pricking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en prick ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb prick)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  الثقب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/ 
  píchající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/ 
  píchání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  Besteck  [naut.]
           Note: of chart

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  anstechend
   see: prick sth., pricked, Prick the sausages before you grill them.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  pikierend
   see: prick, pricked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  prickelnd, kribbelnd
     Synonyms: prickling, tingling
  
   see: prick, prickle, tingle, pricked, prickled, tingled, pricks, prickles, tingles, pricked, Prickled, tingled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  stechend, pikend/piekend, piksend/pieksend
   see: prick sb. with sth., pricked, he/she pricks, I/he/she would prick, prick!, prick sb. with a needle
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pricking /pɹˈɪkɪŋ/
  stechend, stachelnd
     Synonym: prickling
  
   see: prick, prickle, pricked, prickled
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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