| Pronunciation: | | 'prikul
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| Matching Terms: | | prickle cell, prickleback, prickle-weed, prickliness, prickling, pricklouse, prickly, prickly ash, prickly custard apple, prickly heat, prickly lettuce, prickly pear, prickly pear cactus, prickly pine, prickly poppy, prickly shield fern, prickly-seeded spinach
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- [n] a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
- [v] cause a tingling sensation
- [v] cause a prickling sensation
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| | Synonyms: | | prick, pricker, spine, sticker, thorn, tingle |
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| | See Also: | | aculeus, itch, sting, twinge |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pric"kle\, n. [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG.
prickel, D. prikkel. See {Prick}, n.]
1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp
process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the
bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. --Bacon.
2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some
branches of trade. --B. Jonson.
3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
\Pric"kle\, v. t.
To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my
breath. --Tennyson.
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| | Definition: | | A hard, pointed outgrowth from the surface of a plant, involving several layers of cells but not containing a vein. |
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