PRICKLE
\pɹˈɪkə͡l], \pɹˈɪkəl], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of PRICKLE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
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A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds.
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To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
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Prickly.
By Oddity Software
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Prickly.
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Prickliness.
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To prick slightly in many places; have a diffused stinging sensation.
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A small, sharp point, as on a thistle.
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A stinging sensation.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A sharp point growing from the bark of a plant as a thorn.
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To give a stinging sensation to (the skin); to cover with small dots.
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To tingle.
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Prickliness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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